FAU soccer, which rose to nationwide relevance underneath Lane Kiffin, has backslid over the extreme 5 seasons underneath Willie Taggart and the lately fired Tom Herman. The Owls’ pristine teaching seek, although, could be probably the most attention-grabbing one in every of this 12 months’s teaching carousel.
And it were given a slight extra attention-grabbing this presen, as Miami superior Ray Lewis has made it recognized that he truly needs to be the Owls’ after professor, a supply briefed on Lewis’ considering stated Wednesday.
The 49-year-old Lewis, a 13-time Professional Bowl linebacker, has noticed the fashion of what Deion Sanders has performed reworking Colorado soccer within the life two years and is predicted to offer a plan to the Owls’ management within the after presen for the way he’d do one thing alike at FAU.
Lewis’ vintage pal, fellow Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Cris Carter, is the Owls’ government director of participant engagement and is predicted to be a just right useful resource for Lewis. A large hurdle for Lewis is, not like Sanders, he doesn’t have any earlier school teaching enjoy.
“Ray wants it bad,” the supply briefed on Lewis’ considering stated. Lewis lives 5 mins from the FAU campus. “He really wants it.”
Lewis, alternatively, isn’t regarded as a major candidate at this level, in step with a supply concerned within the teaching seek.
The frontrunner for the FAU emptiness, in step with more than one resources concerned within the seek, is Ole Omit offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. The 31-year-old son of former Notre Dame professor Charlie Weis, who lives a 30 minutes from Boca Raton, is the play games caller at a scorching Rebels program and runs the people’s Deny. 2 offense, placing up 7.58 yards in line with play games.
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The more youthful Weis used to be Kiffin’s former offensive coordinator at FAU and is aware of this system nicely. He has a batch of backup from some key FAU society, in step with resources concerned within the seek. Kiffin has robust affect again at FAU and can push Weis for the activity, the ones resources stated. Financially, Weis — who makes $1.65 million at Ole Omit — would possibly need to tug a pay snip to exit again to FAU however a supply briefed at the subject stated he doubted that may prohibit Weis from short of this activity.
Alternative anticipated applicants for the FAU activity
Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner would possibly manufacture extra sense for the Owls. The 43-year-old helped flip Tech from the ACC’s Deny. 11 offense to Deny. 3 extreme 12 months. In 2022, the 12 months ahead of he used to be leased in Atlanta, Georgia Tech ranked extreme within the ACC in crimson zone offense. His offense is Deny. 2 within the ACC in crimson zone TD proportion.
Penn Circumstance associate head professor/co-OC Ja’Juan Seider is a well-regarded professor with deep native ties and is predicted to get some attention. The 47-year-old Belle Glade, Fla., product used to be a celebrity quarterback at Florida A&M and is well-connected round South Florida. Avid gamers truly reply to him. He additionally has been a key associate in Glad Valley, at Marshall and West Virginia.
UCF offensive coordinator Tim Harris Jr. has spent his entire teaching profession within the environment. He used to be a four-time NCAA All-American in monitor at Miami and upcoming spent 5 years as a a success highschool professor in South Florida at Miami’s Booker T. Washington Prime ahead of spending seven seasons at FIU. Since upcoming, he’s coached at Miami and UCF, the place he has produced the Large 12’s maximum prolific offense at 6.76 yards in line with play games.
UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion, a former Miami Dolphins wideout who lived in Boynton Seaside, now not some distance from the Owls’ campus, could be an shrewd possibility. He has confirmed to be an important offensive coordinator in two stops on the FCS stage ahead of an magnificient two-season run of remodeling the Rebels right into a profitable program. Ultimate 12 months he led the Rebels to Deny. 6 within the nation in 3rd unwell offense and Deny. 8 in crimson zone offense regardless of his foundation QB happening early and having to show to an unproven freshman in Jayden Maiava, who went directly to win Mountain West Freshman of the Time honors. This 12 months, the Rebels, with Maiava having left for USC, are Deny. 6 within the people in scoring at 39.9 issues in line with sport.
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FSU defensive backs professor Pat Surtain might be in play games at his alma mater Southern Omit, however he additionally has robust ties right here. He performed a decade within the NFL ahead of changing into a lead highschool professor in South Florida. The 48-year-old spent one season with the Miami Dolphins as an NFL associate ahead of becoming a member of FSU’s team of workers in 2023.
Georgia associate head professor Todd Hartley, 39, spent 3 years teaching in South Florida at the Canes’ team of workers. He’s anyone Kirby Canny has inclined on in raising this system since Hartley’s go back to Athens in 2019. Southern Omit additionally has a batch of hobby in Hartley for its head teaching emptiness.
Duke defensive coordinator Jonathan Patke, a Manny Diaz protege who used to be at the team of workers at Miami, is a emerging megastar at defensive coordinator. He’s had a powerful debut season in Durham and likewise might be in play games.
Miami defensive ends professor Jason Taylor. The Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer, who were a highschool associate for 5 seasons at powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas, is a mythical determine round South Florida. In 2007, Taylor gained the NFL’s prestigious Walter Payton Guy of the Time honors and has been an magnificient addition to the Canes team of workers the life two seasons.
— Chris Vannini contributed to this record
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