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[QUOTE="ECE '76, post: 4819467, member: 8656"]
Among the criteria for SU's next HC to be successful is a proven record of building programs.  A career coordinator with no HC experience is a big gamble.  I keep coming back to a coach who built 4 winning programs, including the same Bowling Green program that Dino inherited and made Dino look like he was the one who hit the home run:  Dave Clawson.

We get out-coached every year by Clawson.  I'm not suggesting that Clawson would ever come to SU, but I am saying that's the type of coaching resume who could make a respectable program out of SU.

Clawson's record as HC reads:
1999     Fordham     0-11
2002    Fordham        10–3    
2003    Fordham        9–3
2004    Richmond    3–8
2007    Richmond    11–3
2009    Bowling Green    7–6    
2010    Bowling Green    2–10
2013    Bowling Green    10–3
2014    Wake Forest    3–9    
2015    Wake Forest    3–9        
2016    Wake Forest    7–6        
2017    Wake Forest    8–5        
2018    Wake Forest    7–6    
2019    Wake Forest    8–5    
2020    Wake Forest    4–5    *Covid    
2021    Wake Forest    11–3    
2022    Wake Forest    8–5    
2023    Wake Forest    4–5

6 winning records in a row at WF, if not counting Covid year; playing in the same brutal ACC division as us, w/ Clemson, FSU, Louisville, NC State, etc.

I don't know if Bob Chesney is the answer, but his record is similar to Clawson's, although Clawson did build a winning MAC program, which is closer to the ACC level of competition than the Patriot conference.

We need someone who has proven success building programs!  It follows that you can't build a winning program while not knowing what it takes to build an offensive line.  Same goes for having a team that plays with discipline - not leading the nation in penalties every year; you can't consistently beat the teams you are supposed to beat doing that.
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