Brent Guy promoted to defensive coordinator

by Mike Rutherford on Jan 16, 2009 4:30 PM EST in Football Comment 9 comments

Just ten days after being hired as Louisville's new linebackers coach, Brent Guy has been promoted to defensive coordinator in order to fill the void left by Bill Miller, who left to take the same job at Kansas last Saturday.

Guy most recently was the head coach at Utah State, where he was fired after compiling an 8-38 record over four seasons. Prior to that he had been the defensive coordinator at Boise State and Arizona State.

"Brent has a proven track record playing great defense wherever he has coached," said Steve Kragthorpe on Jan. 6. "I'm excited to add a coach with the expertise to our staff. He had great success at Arizona State as a defensive coordinator and can add a lot of expertise to that side of the football."

Guy becomes Louisville's fourth defensive coordinator in 14 months.

Whatever. The No. 1 team in the country is taking the floor inside Freedom Hall in 25 and-a-half hours. Your perpetual coarseness does not phase me, football.

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Kragthorpe's new, totally fresh quote

"Brent has a tremendous amount of experience and success as a defensive coordinator," said Kragthorpe in a release. "I loved his defenses at Boise State and Arizona State. Those teams put up some excellent defensive numbers and he coached some great players. Guy’s teams played great fundamental football and were well-coached."

by Mike Rutherford on Jan 16, 2009 5:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

Who’s doing cartwheels? Not me.

Go Cards!

by Red Rage on Jan 17, 2009 2:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Boise St. plays D?

by frankpos on Jan 16, 2009 7:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I came in here to say exactly that

by sam34gtr on Jan 17, 2009 12:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Another Krag-ism

“….proven track record…” yeah right

basketball, basketball,basketball,basketball,basketball………….

by twistedwedge on Jan 16, 2009 8:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

At Utah State the defense was...

Year Record YPG Rank
2005 3-8 405.6 83
2006 1-11 436 116
2007 2-10 450 106
2008 2-9 411.3 99

can’t find complete data from AZ State or Boise.

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by xjjeep90 on Jan 17, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The facts are that no one is willing to take this job for a year. I will state this again – if Louisville doesnt win 6 games next year, K will be gone. I don’t know if that is a good thing or not, we will only be starting over again, and I’m not so sure or qualified to say if CSK is a good head coach or not. Two years at a school is not a long time. This is the first year of his recruits playing, lets see what happens. There is no front-runner in the Big East, the conference will probably be won with a 8-4 record. Gives the Cards, in my book, some hope.

by swedgeblock on Jan 17, 2009 2:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I hate to break the bad news...

But you guys are screwed.

ASU consistently got lit up under his direction. We ran the unconventional 4-2-5 defense, but never got the overall team speed and talent to make it work. Part of it was a lack of commitment to the defensive side of the ball by HC Dirk Koetter, but we never did anything to distinguish ourselves on defense while he was here. ASU fans were ecstatic when Utah State hired him away, and most were hoping that Dennis Erickson would keep Bill Miller on when the coaching staff changed.

If anyone’s interested in checking out the history, here is a link to ASU’s football almanac — you can check out the stats and players from his time here. I believe the relevant years will be 2001-2005. The only upside I can see for you guys is maybe it gets Kragthorpe canned quicker. :(

by Beatuofa on Jan 17, 2009 6:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs