Steve Stanard new linebackers coach

[Whitey23]

 

[Whitey23]

Bio for Steve Stanard | University of Wyoming | Football

Contract wasn't renewed at Wyoming

Before coming to North Dakota State, Stanard, a former Nebraska linebacker, had been an assistant at Tulane (defensive coordinator and linebackers coach), Ohio (defensive line coach), Colorado State (defensive coordinator and linebackers coach), New Mexico State (defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and outside linebackers coach), South Dakota (defensive coordinator), Nebraska Wesleyan (head coach and defensive coordinator) and Nebraska (graduate assistant and student assistant coach).

Wyoming’s defense finished its 2016 season 102nd nationally in total defense (10th in the Mountain West), and 101st in scoring defense (ninth in the Mountain West). The Cowboys were 102nd in scoring defense in 2015 and 100th in 2014. Wyoming declined in total defense each year, finishing 89th in 2014 and 91st in 2015.

 

[SUforme]

Any relation to former walk-on DB Joe Stanard?

 

[MSOrange]

My mom is from the Cowboy State and went to Wyoming and I've seen my share of Cowboy football to support her team. I hope Steve is a better fit for LB coach here than he was as DC there.

 

[SUforme]

Ex-Husker Stanard gives glimpse into Wyoming's physical style

Steven M. Sipple: Ex-Husker Stanard gives glimpse into Wyoming's physical style

 

[money3189]

Bio for Steve Stanard | University of Wyoming | Football

Contract wasn't renewed at Wyoming

Before coming to North Dakota State, Stanard, a former Nebraska linebacker, had been an assistant at Tulane (defensive coordinator and linebackers coach), Ohio (defensive line coach), Colorado State (defensive coordinator and linebackers coach), New Mexico State (defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and outside linebackers coach), South Dakota (defensive coordinator), Nebraska Wesleyan (head coach and defensive coordinator) and Nebraska (graduate assistant and student assistant coach).

Wyoming’s defense finished its 2016 season 102nd nationally in total defense (10th in the Mountain West), and 101st in scoring defense (ninth in the Mountain West). The Cowboys were 102nd in scoring defense in 2015 and 100th in 2014. Wyoming declined in total defense each year, finishing 89th in 2014 and 91st in 2015.

Always good when you can bring in a positional coach who coordinated for 20 years. Played the position himself at Nebraska. He brings lots of experience. Exactly what we needed on this side of the ball.

 

[RMH44]

Ex-Husker Stanard gives glimpse into Wyoming's physical style

Steven M. Sipple: Ex-Husker Stanard gives glimpse into Wyoming's physical style

Interesting comments from the article;

"In our opinion, philosophically, those two things go hand-in-hand," Stanard said. "If you have a physical offense that's going to stay on the field, it allows you defensively to have time to make adjustments on the sideline.

"If it's a matter of only a couple minutes before you're right back out there as a defense, that becomes a challenge to adjust and to play, in my opinion, solid defense. Bottom line, we can run extremely hard to the football because our guys aren't pacing themselves for a no-huddle offense."

Looks like Stanard brings a completely different football philosophy than his new boss. I hope HCDB was a "selector" during the hiring process and not forced to settle for leftovers.

 

[Orangefizz]

Always good when you can bring in a positional coach who coordinated for 20 years. Played the position himself at Nebraska. He brings lots of experience. Exactly what we needed on this side of the ball.

Love this hire! Lots of coaching and D.C. experience. ND St plays Tampa2 defense and is a 1-AA powerhouse. "As the linebackers coach at North Dakota State in 2012 and ‘13, Stanard helped the Bison rank No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense each of those two seasons, holding opponents to only 11.5 points per game in 2012 and only 11.3 points per game in 2013". For those who think ND St is a level beneath us, imo they are a better team than we've been over the past few years.

Now let's get a top recruiter for the RB coach

 

[money3189]

Another thing to note about Stanard. He was the LB coach at ND State when they won national titles. Babers was a fan of their defensive scheme and decided to run the same. Now we have a guy to coach the LB's with expertise in the system.

 

[money3189]

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

Looks like Stanard brings a completely different football philosophy than his new boss. I hope HCDB was a "selector" during the hiring process and not forced to settle for leftovers.

He knows Tampa 2 and is super experienced. And he's working under someone else's defensive / team philosophy, not setting his own. Leave it to someone on this board to find fault based on something someone said a year ago at a different job in a different position and under a different staff.

 

[PAcuse]

Love this hire. He will do some good things the time he is here.

 

[money3189]

Interesting comments from the article;

"In our opinion, philosophically, those two things go hand-in-hand," Stanard said. "If you have a physical offense that's going to stay on the field, it allows you defensively to have time to make adjustments on the sideline.

"If it's a matter of only a couple minutes before you're right back out there as a defense, that becomes a challenge to adjust and to play, in my opinion, solid defense. Bottom line, we can run extremely hard to the football because our guys aren't pacing themselves for a no-huddle offense."

Looks like Stanard brings a completely different football philosophy than his new boss. I hope HCDB was a "selector" during the hiring process and not forced to settle for leftovers.

Every defensive coach will tell you this. Of course we want the defense to be on the field less but it all works out if you have a offense like ours that can score points in a hurry. Its good to know as a defensive coach that your offense can bail you out if needed. So it works both ways.

 

[PhatOrange]

This hire makes perfect sense. He's been brought in because of his experience at North Dakota State. That's the defense Babers is trying to replicate, he's said so many times.

 

[PhatOrange]

Wyoming might also run the Tampa 2 and while it doesn't appear that it had as much success he's no doubt very experienced in the system. This looks to be a solid hire defensively and me thinks Dino got a guy he wanted; a very good linebackers coach who's had proven success in the Tampa 2 scheme as a lb coach.

 

[SUFan44]

Honest question - I know ND State has had tremendous success, but has any other coach at the highest level of D1 ever succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run?

 

[Whitey23]

Honest question - I know ND State has had tremendous success, but has any other coach at the highest level of D1 ever succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run?

I think you're over thinking it. It's a 4-3 defense predicated on pressure from the front 4 and zone coverage. That's the base and there's nothing to stop the D from changing up the coverage.

 

[Orijinal]

Honest question - I know ND State has had tremendous success, but has any other coach at the highest level of D1 ever succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run?

I don't know, but it was far from successful for us last year. The concept of keeping 2 DB's high is a good one, but stressing the middle linebacker in coverage is awful. A MLB is NOT a defensive back

 

[Ish88888]

Love the hire. Massive experience, knowledge of the T2, and played the position at a high level. Nice get within 2 wks of your LB coach resigning.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SUFan44]

I think you're over thinking it. It's a 4-3 defense predicated on pressure from the front 4 and zone coverage. That's the base and there's nothing to stop the D from changing up the coverage.

I wasn't overthinking anything. I am asking an honest question - has anyone at the highest level of college football succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run? Maybe I should have qualified that question with a "with the same resources and deficiencies that Syracuse football faces", because I'm pretty sure SEC teams run our schemes.

 

[OrangeFast]

I wasn't overthinking anything. I am asking an honest question - has anyone at the highest level of college football succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run? Maybe I should have qualified that question with a "with the same resources and deficiencies that Syracuse football faces", because I'm pretty sure SEC teams run our schemes.

What your asking is absurd. You are trying to skew it to fit your line of thinking. How many teams with Syracuse limitations have had successfull defenses running Shafer's blitz scheme while running a high paced offense. The bottom line is with Babers high paced offense we will never statistically have anot elite defense. It's like when we had the highly rated Defenses under Shafer our Offense was rated poorly. If you control the ball your defense will be ranked high. If you are fast paced your defense will not look good statistically.

 

[OrangeFast]

I wasn't overthinking anything. I am asking an honest question - has anyone at the highest level of college football succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run? Maybe I should have qualified that question with a "with the same resources and deficiencies that Syracuse football faces", because I'm pretty sure SEC teams run our schemes.

The bottom line is that the defense we run compliments the Offense we run. It is a bend but don't break defense that can adapt and run lots of looks in the base defense. This prevents big plays and allows the offense to rest. It is also supposed to force the offense to not make mistakes. A blitz heavy scheme allows for bigger plays and forces the offense to be on the field more. They would rather rotate on defense than offense. The fresher the offense is the faster it is.

 

[sutomcat]

Honest question - I know ND State has had tremendous success, but has any other coach at the highest level of D1 ever succeeded with the type of defense we are trying to run?

Gene Chizik ran it at Auburn when they won the NC a few years ago...

 

[SUFan44]

The bottom line is that the defense we run compliments the Offense we run. It is a bend but don't break defense that can adapt and run lots of looks in the base defense. This prevents big plays and allows the offense to rest. It is also supposed to force the offense to not make mistakes. A blitz heavy scheme allows for bigger plays and forces the offense to be on the field more. They would rather rotate on defense than offense. The fresher the offense is the faster it is.

I get all of that. And am rooting for everyone to succeed. It was just a question.