Clark Lea is a hard pass. He is 14–30 overall with no other experience besides Vanderbilt, his alma mater.
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The Next Coach of the Florida Gators will be...
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Thankyou. I mean, yes, he has made a perenial underdog into a potential "tough out" for ANYONE in the SEC, but OUR "standard" at UF is considerably higher.
At least it was...As I await kickoff to this one in Jacksonville, the depressing thought occurs to me that I find myself dreading the outcome of this game in much the same way that Commodore students and alumni for YEARS must have had to face ANY SEC game
...And now I may well find myself feeling exactly this same way throughout the rest of OUR SEC schedule too.
Chris Klieman Background
Chris Klieman is 118-28 (80.8%) overall, 46-26 (63.9%) in the FBS (Big 12). He has been coaching since 2005, with head coaching stints at FCS North Dakota State and FBS Kansas State. He won 4 NCAA FCS national championships, 5 MVFC championships, and 1 Big 12 championship. His big game experience includes wins over #20 Arizona in 2024 as #14, #20 Oklahoma State as #23, #25 Kansas in 2023 as #21, and #18 NC State as #25. He kept the game close in 2023 with a 30-33 OT loss to #7 Texas.
Klieman does not come from a pedigreed coaching tree, so it can be hard to guess which coaches and which offensive/defensive styles he would bring.
Offense
Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman's offensive style focuses on simplifying the playbook and finding plays where the team can excel. He also emphasizes the importance of the ground game, and how it can open up passing opportunities. Here are some other aspects of Klieman's offensive style:
Running back
Klieman views the running back as the anchor of the offense, and expects other players to step up if the running back is taken away by the defense.
Dual-threat quarterback
Klieman believes that the running game can make the dual-threat quarterback more successful.
Offensive line coach
Klieman has given offensive line coach Conor Riley the responsibility of calling plays for the first time.
Potential Offensive Coaches
Matt Wells (AHC/ Co-OC/ QBC) is in his first year as Co-OC at Kansas State under Klieman. He has been head coach at Utah State (2013-2018) and Texas Tech (2019-2021) and could be considered as part of the Brent Venables coaching tree.
Conor Riley (Co-OC/ OLC) has been coaching offensive line for 22 years and is in his 6th year at Kansas State. He has followed Klieman around since 2013 and would very likely follow him to a new team.
Collin Klein was OC and QBC at Kansas State from 2017-2023 before taking a position as OC/QBC at Texas A&M in 2024.
Brian Anderson has been Klieman's RBC since 2019. He has also coached wide receivers or running backs at Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, and Illinois State since 1995.
Defense
Klieman is known for making adjustments to help his team, and he's not afraid to try new things. For example, he's switched the defense from a 4-2-5 scheme to a 3-3-5 formation, and he's become more aggressive on fourth downs.
Potential Defensive Coordinators
Joe Klanderman has been safeties coach for Klieman since 2014 and DC since 2019.
Van Malone has coached cornerbacks for Klieman since 2019 and was promoted to Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/ Cornerbacks Coach in 2020. Malone has also coached at North Dakot, Western Michigan, North Texas, Texas A&M, Tulsa, Oklahoma State, SMU, and Mississippi State since 2003.
Chris Klieman is 118-28 (80.8%) overall, 46-26 (63.9%) in the FBS (Big 12). He has been coaching since 2005, with head coaching stints at FCS North Dakota State and FBS Kansas State. He won 4 NCAA FCS national championships, 5 MVFC championships, and 1 Big 12 championship. His big game experience includes wins over #20 Arizona in 2024 as #14, #20 Oklahoma State as #23, #25 Kansas in 2023 as #21, and #18 NC State as #25. He kept the game close in 2023 with a 30-33 OT loss to #7 Texas.
Klieman does not come from a pedigreed coaching tree, so it can be hard to guess which coaches and which offensive/defensive styles he would bring.
Offense
Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman's offensive style focuses on simplifying the playbook and finding plays where the team can excel. He also emphasizes the importance of the ground game, and how it can open up passing opportunities. Here are some other aspects of Klieman's offensive style:
Running back
Klieman views the running back as the anchor of the offense, and expects other players to step up if the running back is taken away by the defense.
Dual-threat quarterback
Klieman believes that the running game can make the dual-threat quarterback more successful.
Offensive line coach
Klieman has given offensive line coach Conor Riley the responsibility of calling plays for the first time.
Potential Offensive Coaches
Matt Wells (AHC/ Co-OC/ QBC) is in his first year as Co-OC at Kansas State under Klieman. He has been head coach at Utah State (2013-2018) and Texas Tech (2019-2021) and could be considered as part of the Brent Venables coaching tree.
Conor Riley (Co-OC/ OLC) has been coaching offensive line for 22 years and is in his 6th year at Kansas State. He has followed Klieman around since 2013 and would very likely follow him to a new team.
Collin Klein was OC and QBC at Kansas State from 2017-2023 before taking a position as OC/QBC at Texas A&M in 2024.
Brian Anderson has been Klieman's RBC since 2019. He has also coached wide receivers or running backs at Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, and Illinois State since 1995.
Defense
Klieman is known for making adjustments to help his team, and he's not afraid to try new things. For example, he's switched the defense from a 4-2-5 scheme to a 3-3-5 formation, and he's become more aggressive on fourth downs.
Potential Defensive Coordinators
Joe Klanderman has been safeties coach for Klieman since 2014 and DC since 2019.
Van Malone has coached cornerbacks for Klieman since 2019 and was promoted to Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/ Cornerbacks Coach in 2020. Malone has also coached at North Dakot, Western Michigan, North Texas, Texas A&M, Tulsa, Oklahoma State, SMU, and Mississippi State since 2003.
Klieman wouldn't exactly be a "headline hire":
His K State teams, while often in the upper third of CFB in ranking and statistical terms haven't dazzled either. None of which disqualifies him from consideration, after the consistent blundering we've seen from this Gator regime's various squads (which happened AGAIN on Saturday against the Bulldogs--in this case ANOTHER special teams collapse thanks yo thd crucial botched snap on the 3rd-quarter fg to retake the lead--from justvoutside THEIR redzone to OURS on one play!). Those KSU teams at least generally avoid sloppy self-destruction!
I don't know that, given the circumstances, this is the alternative that provides "clearance" for firing Billy (and eating the $25 million buyout). If the 2025 recruiting class weren't mired in Disasterville I'd likely be more certain of that though. Indeed, more than anything else, if possible Billy might look at somehow dramatically improving that prospective class:
He may like the talented young group he has here now, but there are pieces (and DEPTH) still missing, and recruiting IS supposed to have been one of the reasons we fired Mullen and brought in Napier in the first place, as I recall.
His K State teams, while often in the upper third of CFB in ranking and statistical terms haven't dazzled either. None of which disqualifies him from consideration, after the consistent blundering we've seen from this Gator regime's various squads (which happened AGAIN on Saturday against the Bulldogs--in this case ANOTHER special teams collapse thanks yo thd crucial botched snap on the 3rd-quarter fg to retake the lead--from justvoutside THEIR redzone to OURS on one play!). Those KSU teams at least generally avoid sloppy self-destruction!
I don't know that, given the circumstances, this is the alternative that provides "clearance" for firing Billy (and eating the $25 million buyout). If the 2025 recruiting class weren't mired in Disasterville I'd likely be more certain of that though. Indeed, more than anything else, if possible Billy might look at somehow dramatically improving that prospective class:
He may like the talented young group he has here now, but there are pieces (and DEPTH) still missing, and recruiting IS supposed to have been one of the reasons we fired Mullen and brought in Napier in the first place, as I recall.
