Thayer Evans with Sports Illustrated reporting that Chip will be the new offensive coordinator at ASU.
Chip Lindsey to Arizona State
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This post may be a little controversial, but I don't think I'm the only who has had similar thoughts. I have nothing against Chip Lindsey and wish him the best. If I was in his shoes and was offered a QB/OC position at Southern Miss....and then two years later was offered the OC position at Arizona State I"d jump on it. But I've never understood the accelerated and meteoric rise of Chip Lindsey's college coaching career with so little college experience.
Chip Lindsey may be one of the few exceptions, but most college coaches have to work years in the college ranks as position/specialist coaches before they are ever promoted to Offensive Coordinator. It took Jeff Bower, Larry Fedora, and Todd Monken double-digit years of college/NFL coaching experience before they received an OC position at a power conference program. Yet, Chip Lindsey with only 2 years of college coaching experience gets an OC position at Southern Miss, and only 2 years later gets the OC slot at Arizona State. Huh?
The following is speculation on my part- but it makes sense to me. When Lindsey was hired here as the Quarterbacks coach/Offensive Coordinator it made no sense to me....except in one way. My opinion is that Todd Monken had decided at the conclusion of the 2013 season that Nick Mullens was going to be his QB of the future. I believe the primary reason Lindsey was hired was to be a personal coach and mentor to Nick Mullens. The idea being that having his former high school coach guiding him along would be a comfortable and positive experience for Mullens. If that's the case, it's hard to argue with success based on Nick's performance this past season. Chip's one season as an offensive analyst at Auburn along with Gus Malzahn's recommendation apparently was enough to secure him the OC position- though I don't think many other programs would consider that to be enough experience. I believe the OC part of the equation was a very welcome "apprentice in training" for Lindsey that would provide a very positive credential on his resume. But would Chip Lindsey have ever been hired here if it hadn't been for the presence of Nick Mullens? Is there any other FBS (or even FCS) program in the country where the QB coach and/or offensive coordinator was also the high school coach of the starting QB?
It seems strange that an OC who just started calling plays at the FBS level in 2015 would be picked to become the OC at a power conference program like ASU. The news I've read says that there is a close relationship between Gus Malzahn and ASU head coach Todd Graham- and that Malzahn's recommendation of Chip Lindsey helped get him the job. Chip has to be happy that he has friends in high places that have put him on the fast-track in his college coaching career. I kind of feel for all the coaches who have spent years and years as QB/WR/TE/OL coaches....pass game coordinators, run game coordinators, special teams coordinators....only to see someone with only 4 years of experience vault past them into the stratosphere of college coaching positions.
Chip Lindsey may be one of the few exceptions, but most college coaches have to work years in the college ranks as position/specialist coaches before they are ever promoted to Offensive Coordinator. It took Jeff Bower, Larry Fedora, and Todd Monken double-digit years of college/NFL coaching experience before they received an OC position at a power conference program. Yet, Chip Lindsey with only 2 years of college coaching experience gets an OC position at Southern Miss, and only 2 years later gets the OC slot at Arizona State. Huh?
The following is speculation on my part- but it makes sense to me. When Lindsey was hired here as the Quarterbacks coach/Offensive Coordinator it made no sense to me....except in one way. My opinion is that Todd Monken had decided at the conclusion of the 2013 season that Nick Mullens was going to be his QB of the future. I believe the primary reason Lindsey was hired was to be a personal coach and mentor to Nick Mullens. The idea being that having his former high school coach guiding him along would be a comfortable and positive experience for Mullens. If that's the case, it's hard to argue with success based on Nick's performance this past season. Chip's one season as an offensive analyst at Auburn along with Gus Malzahn's recommendation apparently was enough to secure him the OC position- though I don't think many other programs would consider that to be enough experience. I believe the OC part of the equation was a very welcome "apprentice in training" for Lindsey that would provide a very positive credential on his resume. But would Chip Lindsey have ever been hired here if it hadn't been for the presence of Nick Mullens? Is there any other FBS (or even FCS) program in the country where the QB coach and/or offensive coordinator was also the high school coach of the starting QB?
It seems strange that an OC who just started calling plays at the FBS level in 2015 would be picked to become the OC at a power conference program like ASU. The news I've read says that there is a close relationship between Gus Malzahn and ASU head coach Todd Graham- and that Malzahn's recommendation of Chip Lindsey helped get him the job. Chip has to be happy that he has friends in high places that have put him on the fast-track in his college coaching career. I kind of feel for all the coaches who have spent years and years as QB/WR/TE/OL coaches....pass game coordinators, run game coordinators, special teams coordinators....only to see someone with only 4 years of experience vault past them into the stratosphere of college coaching positions.
I understand the argument but the numbers are speaking for themselves. I'm not sure Chip will be as successful at ASU as he was at USM. Defenses and competition is much stiffer. I think many were hoping that Chip would take over for Monken if/when he left Usm for another job after 2016. It may be a blessing in disguise they chip left because I'm not sure he is quite ready to be a head coach. Woz will do great and I don't expect an experienced USM team to miss a beat next year. Early predictions : 10-2 for '16
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