TCU Offensive Coordinator Mike Schultz to go to Illinois
January 3, 2009 by Travis L. Brown ·
As reported by The Champaign News-Gazette, TCU’s Offensive Coordinator Mike Schultz will become the offensive coordinator at the University of Illinois.
The article posted on illinihq.com said Illinois will announce Schultz’s hire at the beginning of next week. Shultz take the place of former Illini OC, Mike Locksley who will become the new head coach at New Mexico.
Schultz is the longest tenured assistant coach on the TCU staff, coaching the quarterbacks and running backs for 11 years.
In 2008 TCU set school records for points in a season with 420 and touchdowns with 54. The Frog’s were the best in the land in time of possession with 35:05 and 13th in team rushing.
TCU has thrived on a rush heavy offense, using as many as 4 running backs to carry the load of a game. However, in 2008, with developments in WR’s Jeremy Kerley and Jimmy Young and QB Andy Dalton, TCU opened up their offense more.
Message Board posters on killerfrogs.com are calling for Rice OC Tom Herman to spread the offence more and use Dalton, Kerley and Young as much as possible. This might contradict the defense first and time of possession offense TCU has grown accustomed to in the past years under head coach Gary Patterson.
Who should be TCU’s next Offensive Coordinator? Make a comment.
I think who ever comes in should keep our run-game intact especially with Waymon Jones and Matthew Tucker coming in, but open up our passing game. Maybe a Rice or Houston offensive coordinator, but wouldn’t it be nice to see the Boise St offensive coordinator switch the good side!