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Best BYU OC in History not fired this season - poll

by Cougarbib · 1/13/2011

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Cougarbib
I didn't want to cloud this with Doman - so I put previous Let's assume that Doman will be the best BYU OC ever and that he won't get run out of town in a rebuilding year. That is what we would all lke to see happen. So let's assume it will. Normally, I would not assume it about anyone until I see it on the field, but for this time and this poll I will just assume it.



This poll is partly to poke a ittle fun at ourselves with all the pent up hate many of us have for Anae who resigned under pressure to leave BYU this year, Chow who resigned under pressure to leave BYU and was fired by UCLA this year, and Crowton, who is rumored ot have had a falling out with LSU this year. All three have been called offensive gurus by outsiders at some point. And, yes, I remember that Crowton was actually HC at BYU - but I think he was also OC for a while and in any event has been OC at Oregon and LSU since then. Holmgren was QB coach but not OC iirc - so he was not listed. Otherwise, he would win. Andy Reid might have been a grad assit or assistant coach - don't remember for sure. But not OC - otherwise he might win.



Quite frankly, I don't know if th eancient gurus Tollner and Scovil had OC titles or if someone else decent, that I have forgotten about did. So help me out here with the great BYU OCs of the past. It is the offseason, and you can only read so many posts about Jimmer before they get redundant - amazing and fun, but redundant.



Have fun while we wait for Bronco to name the new coaching staff. How could it possibly be taking so flippin long? A separate poll will have you rank the 3 Amigos who all got run out of town this year.



And no, I am not lobbying for any of them to come to Provo. We have Doman and he WILL BE the best OC ever.
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Mythranor
I would have to say Roger French. The only reason I say this was because with the Norm Chow talk I decided to go back and look at what years he was the offensive coordinator for. According to cougarstats.com Roger French was hired in 1980 and was offensive coordinator that year, Doug Scovill is also listed as Offensive coordinator for that year, but that was his last year before becoming the head coach at San Diego St. from 1981-1985. Norm Chow became assistant offensive coordinator in 1996 with French (who was solo offensive coordinator from 1980-1996) and then was Offensive Coordinator on his own until 1999. While Scovil had probably the biggest impact shaping the system that became BYU in the pre-McMahon era, French was the offensive coordinator through the glory years of BYU football.



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Cougarbib
Nice details. I remember Roger French but do not remember what happened with him. Did he get forced out or just retire gracefully?



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PS was Tollner ever OC?



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Mythranor
Cougarbib2 wrote:
Nice details. I remember Roger French but do not remember what happened with him. Did he get forced out or just retire gracefully?



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Not sure, he was demoted to Offensive Line coach when Chow took over as OC then apparently went to Canada to coach for several years but I'm not sure if it was forced or voluntary.
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Cougarbib2 wrote:
PS was Tollner ever OC?



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His bio says 1981, but I'm not sure it says French was OC then too, maybe co OCs?
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snoscythe
Chow was co-offensive coordinator at the very latest in 1985, and some sites list him as co-OC as early as 1982.
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