Kiffin Taps Charlie Weis Jr as FAU Football's New OC
BREAKING: Former @Falcons & #Alabama Offensive Asst Charlie Weis Jr (@WeisJr_ATL) to officially be named @FAU_Football Offensive Coordinator under @Lane_Kiffin this morning. Welcome Coach Weis! #OwlsUP 👌 pic.twitter.com/4zbqrEVq3w
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) January 17, 2018
Reports out there now that we have hired Charlie Weis Jr., who was briefly on the coaching staff last year before joining the Falcons, as new OC. This will make him the youngest OC in college football at 24. He's young but obviously comes from a football background, and has spent the last few seasons learning from Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian, 2 of the best offensive minds in the game. It's an outside the box hire for sure, but you have to trust Lane, especially when it comes of offense.
fauowls44 said
Reports out there now that we have hired Charlie Weis Jr., who was briefly on the coaching staff last year before joining the Falcons, as new OC. This will make him the youngest OC in college football at 24. He's young but obviously comes from a football background, and has spent the last few seasons learning from Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian, 2 of the best offensive minds in the game. It's an outside the box hire for sure, but you have to trust Lane, especially when it comes of offense.Posted On: Jan 17th 2018, 9:12 AM #376399
I support this hire. It makes sense. Spent time at Bama for two years as an analyst after being on the staff at Notre Dame, then gets hired by Sark at the Falcons. That's a LOT of experience for a 24-year old. Sort of similar to Kiffins past.
owlsdad said
The best news in all of this is that we hired somebody. The worst thing would have been letting this just linger. Now lets fill the other positions, finish strong with recruiting, and have a good Spring.Posted On: Jan 17th 2018, 10:15 AM #376407
Agreed and Lane had LOTS of control/say about the O and players last year and will again!
Any word from Zona who Sumlin is gonna keep of the staff there? Justice does not offer any recruiting edge there being new and usually THAT is what keeps a coach from the previous staff onboard.
GeorgiaOwl said
owlsdad said
The best news in all of this is that we hired somebody. The worst thing would have been letting this just linger. Now lets fill the other positions, finish strong with recruiting, and have a good Spring.Posted On: Jan 17th 2018, 10:15 AM #376407
Agreed and Lane had LOTS of control/say about the O and players last year and will again!
Any word from Zona who Sumlin is gonna keep of the staff there? Justice does not offer any recruiting edge there being new and usually THAT is what keeps a coach from the previous staff onboard.Posted On: Jan 17th 2018, 10:25 AM #376408
You'd have to feel bad for Justice if it doesn't work out for him in AZ. He received a substantial pay increase and was in the process of settling in out there.
go owls!
It'll be a nice learning experience for him, since Lane is already a great offensive mind, and there shouldn't be too much ego either, so if Kiff wants to make a few play calls (or all of them) he'll accept it.
Former #FAU OL coach Garin Justice is not expected to be retained on the new #Arizona staff. I’m told he might end up getting hired back by Lane Kiffin at FAU who still has an O-line vacancy.— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 17, 2018
I feel terrible for Garin, but this would be a great outcome for FAU.
Having that guy back would be awesome.
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