South Carolina Hires Linebackers and Special Teams Coaches
by Gamecock Man on Jan 14, 2012 11:19 AM EST
in South Carolina Gamecocks Football
Email
PrintAs you've probably heard by now, South Carolina has made two coaching hires: we've hired Keith Botkin to coach linebackers and Joe Robinson to coach special teams. I'm very pleased with these hires; let's talk about Robinson first. The main drawback with Robinson is that he is not strong on the recruiting trail. Otherwise, he's excellent. He was at North Carolina last year and LSU the previous three years, and while at LSU he routinely fielded kickoff and punting units that were among the nation's best. The important thing with this hire, I think, was finding someone who can coach up our special teams units and eliminate the leaky kicking and coverage schemes that have plagued Carolina for so long. We have many great recruiters on staff, so I see his deficiencies in recruiting as being a minor concern here.
That's particularly true considering that Botkin is reportedly a solid recruiter. Botkin's experience includes serving on the defensive coaching staffs most recently at a Texas high school and previously at Arkansas. He's less experienced than one might like here, and he doesn't have a lot of experience working directly with linebackers, but he has SEC experience and has recruiting ties in Texas. I don't like this hire quite as much as the Robinson selection, but I'm not against it. I think Botkin is a guy who can help us.
I would expect an announcement soon regarding our selection for the runningbacks position.
5 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I'm happy with both these hires
I commented yesterday that I like that both Botkin and Robinson are native Texans who played and coached in the western half of the SEC – opening up some new recruiting fields for us, in addition to the one Mangus has opened in the mid-Atlantic region.
Here's a health, Carolina, forever to thee! UNIVERSITAS CAROLIN MERID. 1801 Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros (Ovid)
Yeah.
One would also think that we should get some interest for this RB vacancy. Who wouldn’t want to coach our stable of runningbacks, particularly now that Davis is in the fold?
Garnet and Black Attack: A Blog by and for Gamecocks Fans.
by Gamecock Man on Jan 14, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Good Point
Anyone have updates on who the rb coach might be?
by wilmywoodcock on Jan 14, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Des Kitching's name
keeps coming up. Kitching’s is a Columbia native who played his college ball at Furman. He was drafted by the Chiefs, and spent 3-4 seasons in the NFL as a reserve. He got into coaching at his alma mater, spent some time at Vandy, and is now the RB coach at the US Air Force Academy.
Here's a health, Carolina, forever to thee! UNIVERSITAS CAROLIN MERID. 1801 Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros (Ovid)
Thanks
Never heard of him. Nice to have Columbia native but can he recruit?
by wilmywoodcock on Jan 15, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
