So far I've heard:
Troy Rothenbuhler- OC
Joe Schaefer- DC
Kenny McClendon- DL
Kory Allen
All coaches with minimal if any D1 or FCS coaching or playing experience. Not sure how to feel....
Huh? Troy Rothenbuhler joined the Eastern Kentucky University program as tight ends coach in March 2019. He will serve as the quarterbacks coach in 2020.
He helped the Colonels to a 7-5 record and a fourth place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2019. His tight end group helped EKU lead the conference and finished 20th in the country in rushing. Eastern also led the conference in red-zone offense and was third in scoring.
Rothenbuhler spent the 2018 season with the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL) working with the quarterbacks in a quality control position at Arizona. Prior to that, he spent six seasons (2011-17) as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Findlay.
In 2017 he helped UF advance to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time in program history. During that season, Findlay was the only NCAA team to average 250 or more yards rushing and passing per game. UF ranked sixth in the nation in scoring (44.5 ppg), third in total offense (515.5 ypg), third in third down conversion percentage (52.4) and fifth in time of possession (34:26).
As the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ohio Northern University for two seasons (2009-10), Rothenbuhler helped the team reach the second round of the 2010 NCAA Division III playoffs.
From 2003 to 2008, Rothenbuhler served in a variety of roles at Bowling Green State University, including assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator. During his time with the Falcons, he coached wide receivers, tight ends and defensive ends. BGSU played in three bowl games during that time.
Rothenbuhler has also coached at Heidelberg College, Arkansas State University and Ohio State University. He earned a bachelor’s of science in mathematical sciences from Ohio State in 1995.
Schaefer finished his second season as the Blue Streaks defensive coordinator.
In his first season in 2018, the John Carroll defense led Division III in sacks, averaging 5.19 per game. His side of the ball also led the Ohio Athletic Conference in rushing defense. Schaefer led the defense to eight players to All-OAC accolades, five of them under the first team award.
Schaefer spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with Iowa State as the football program's Director of Scouting. The 2017 campaign was a memorable one at ISU as the Cyclones compiled an 8-5 record which included three wins over ranked opponents, and marked the team's first appearance in the Associated Press national rankings in 12 years.
Before heading to Iowa State, Schaefer spent a brief time at the University of Maryland in 2016 as the defensive quality control coach.
A native of Parma Heights, Ohio, Schaefer was named the head coach at Cleveland's Benedictine High School in 2013 after serving as an assistant coach at the school in 2011-2012. Under Schaefer, the Bengals amassed a 35-6 record in three years and captured the Ohio Division IV state title in 2014. The Bengals also reached the Division III state quarterfinals in 2015.
Schaefer was a two-time team captain for Benedictine in his high school playing days and earned first-team Division III all-Ohio honors as a linebacker in 2002 and 2003. He played his college football at Bowling Green State University, making 44 tackles and four sacks in his final two seasons and appeared in the GMAC Bowl twice.
His first coaching jobs were at the University of Findlay (2009) the University of Toledo (2010-2011), where he served as a graduate assistant before returning to Benedictine.
Frankly, these are better resumes that their predecessors.
