New OL Coach: Dale Williams [Official]

[tep624]

https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-fran-brown-syracuse-nab-ol-coach-dale-williams

Louisville Bio

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Purdue Bio

Dale Williams - Football Coach - Purdue Boilermakers

Dale Williams is in his sixth season as offensive line coach. He was hired Jan. 2, 2017. Williams’ offensive line helped the Purdue offense break several rec...

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[DocFlanders]

so for those who know these things...is this a meh, good or great hire?

 

[corpjet]

Cleveland native, I'm sure he can help us recruit in the talent rich North East Ohio corridor as well as other areas of the mid west.

Former O-lineman who has been in the "trenches" at a Power 5 school, have to like that!

 

[tep624]

Cleveland native, I'm sure he can help us recruit in the talent rich North East Ohio corridor as well as other areas of the mid west.

Former O-limeman who has been in the "trenches" at a Power 5 school, have to like that!

I'm not up to the OL grades while he was with Brohm but at WKU and Purdue Brohm's teams were known for having very strong offenses. Not sure why he was shifted over to Quality control but he has probably forgotten more about Coaching OL's then I'll every learn lol.

 

[phil77]

Dont know much about him tbh. Hopefully he can teach but seems qualified for the job.

 

[sutomcat]

https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-fran-brown-syracuse-nab-ol-coach-dale-williams

Louisville Bio

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Purdue Bio

Dale Williams - Football Coach - Purdue Boilermakers

Dale Williams is in his sixth season as offensive line coach. He was hired Jan. 2, 2017. Williams’ offensive line helped the Purdue offense break several rec...

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What is the connection here?

He and Coach Nixon went to WVU together in 1993 and 1994. I think Dale was the starting center those years. He graduated in 1994 and got his masters at WVU in 1996, while Jeff went to Penn State and got his degree there with honors in 1996.

I assume they struck up a friendship then and have remained friends ever since.

Dale attended St. Ignatius HS in the Cleveland area, one of the best HS football programs in Ohio for many years. That school has won 11 state titles.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Is it weird that Brohm decided to hire someone else as OL coach when he moved to Louisville?

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

Cleveland native, I'm sure he can help us recruit in the talent rich North East Ohio corridor as well as other areas of the mid west.

Former O-limeman who has been in the "trenches" at a Power 5 school, have to like that!

Looks like he recruited the Midwest for Purdue (not a shocker). His recruits at Purdue were from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.

 

[cusefan88]

5-6 seasons coaching OL in the Big Ten works for me.

 

[money3189]

Yup. I look forward to reading the comments in these threads. Gives me a chance to learn a lot about the coaches. You guys do a good job digging. I appreciate it.

 

[SUforme]

Seems to have plenty of experience.

 

[kingtidge]

Ohio and midwest recruiting ties and proven experience with O-Line job in the Big10... me-likey!

 

[Franz69]

 

[oldpinepoint]

That brings me back. Good find, wish we had some inside access to our summer practices like that. We really couldn’t doing so much more

 

[Symphony Steve]

Well, we don't need another recruiting superstar, we need an OL coach.

Since he followed Brohm to the 'Ville, taking a quality assurance role was likely his choice.

Purdue's offense over-performed the recruiting rankings while he was there, so I like this hire.

 

[CbusCuse]

Ohio and midwest recruiting ties and proven experience with O-Line job in the Big10... me-likey!

I like that this is adding a coach with a different recruiting area than NJ. Hopefully will help us in the Ohio and midwest region.

 

[kcsu]

Looks like the teams he coached for had good Os. Lots of experience and based on his HS background a bit of a legend in Ohio.

 

[007]

Well, we don't need another recruiting superstar, we need an OL coach.

Since he followed Brohm to the 'Ville, taking a quality assurance role was likely his choice.

Purdue's offense over-performed the recruiting rankings while he was there, so I like this hire.

Yeah, I think the emphasis with this hire was the developmental and coaching aspect, along with adding years of experience to the offense.

 

[PhatOrange]

Is it weird that Brohm decided to hire someone else as OL coach when he moved to Louisville?

good question

Richard Owens - Football Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Richard Owens, a four-year letterwinner at the University of Louisville, was tabbed to coach the offensive line in December 2022. Owens came back to his alma...

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[Franz69]

Our new OL coach bears a striking resemblance to a tv legend:

 

[CbusCuse]

I also like that he adds a little bit more diversity to the staff. its good to be inclusive. ;-)

 

[SmilinBob]

What I'm hoping for is a solid synergy between Nixon and DW. If these guys are on the same page it's all good with me.

 

[Apdaly]

Is it weird that Brohm decided to hire someone else as OL coach when he moved to Louisville?

This is my only concern with this hire. At first glance I was super excited bc seems that Purdue had solid line play under brohm. But why the demotion of a guy that’s been with him since wku.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Our new OL coach bears a striking resemblance to a tv legend:

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Can't see a pic of Mel without remembering dear Flo

 

[crales44]

I'm cool with this. Purdue's lines were solid.