Who would Houston target after Herman moves on?

Ogeron

Everyone wants Ogeron as head coach. That's one reason we shouldn't let him go.

Art Briles

Kiffin would probably be a good hire if Kiffin would go to a non-power 5 school

Willie Fritz

Mike Leach

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Would Fleck considers going to Houston instead of a small p5 program like purdue?

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If those were his only two choices then he should definitely choose Houston over Purdue. In that scenario, 2 of the last 3 Houston coaches would have gone on to legit P5 jobs and then you also have Art Briles before them who obviously blew up at Baylor.

In that same time span, you have 2 out of the last 3 Purdue coaches who have been fired and have made that roster and job a barren wasteland.

It would be a layup to choose Houston in that scenario.

Applewhite.

They probably won't have to pay him much if they have a few DTF trainers on the staff.

If they go for Aranda I'd be pretty mad.

if we work it out based on past hires....

Using last 4 because that's their period of success

- up and comer with no prior HC experience
- significant ties to Texas
- offensive coach
- P5 assistant

The only one that didn't completely meet these criteria ended up fired. Given that, I think the list probably looks like

direct ties to UH
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Kendall Briles (OC Baylor) - father first brought success to UH
Jake Spavital (OC Cal) - GA at UH under Sumlin
Doug Meachem (co-OC TCU) - OC at UH under Levine (may be a bit long in tooth)
Major Applewhite (OC at UH)

Strong TX ties but not UH
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Lincoln Riley (OC at OU)
Sonny Cumbie (co-OC TCU)

While they haven't gone DC, the only DC I can even think of that is even close to the UH profile would be Aranda but I'm not sure if he has any Texas ties really. One year at LSU probably doesn't cut it.