re: Realistic OC prospect list...

What about Jedd Fisch the interim coach at UCLA. He coached the bowl game Tuesday night. He was the offensive coordinator and QBB coach at UCLA under Mora. All the announcers on ESPN kept talking about is how good of job he has done developing UCLA QB's. I believe they made reference to him coaching with Spurrier at Florida..

Seems legit, how long has he been calling plays?

Jedd Fisch, who will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2017 season, was officially announced as the UCLA offensive coordinator on Jan. 5, 2017. Fisch arrived in Westwood after spending the past two seasons as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks/wide receivers coach at the University of Michigan. Fisch has nearly two decades of coaching experience, having worked alongside collegiate and NFL head coaches the likes of Steve Spurrier, Dom Capers, Brian Billick, Mike Shanahan, Pete Carroll, Gus Bradley and Jim Harbaugh, among others.

The Michigan offense flourished last season in year two of the Fisch tenure. The Wolverines led the Big Ten in scoring and red zone offense and ranked second in pass efficiency. Record-setting Mackey Award winning tight end Jake Butt earned consensus All-America honors while 10 offensive players earned All-Big Ten honors, including wide receiver Amara Darboh and quarterback Wilton Speight. Wide receiver Jehu Chesson garnered honorable mention Big Ten accolades.

Under his guidance in 2015, Wolverines quarterback Jake Rudock became the second quarterback in school history to pass for 3,000 yards (3,017) and Jake Butt, Jehu Chesson and Amara Darboh became the first trio of receivers in school history to eclipse the 50-reception and 500-yard receiving mark in a season. The offense surpassed 3,000 passing yards for the sixth time in school history, as the 3,090 yards lists fifth all-time at Michigan. U-M threw for over 250 yards in five straight games to finish the season and in six total games.

Before heading to Michigan, Fisch served as the offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Fisch mentored rookie quarterback Blake Bortles in 2014, helping him to a 58.9 completion percentage and nearly 3,000 yards of passing in 13 starts. Bortles led all NFL QBs with a 7.48 average per rush, and under Fisch's tutelage, cut down his interceptions to three over the last six games of season after throwing 14 in his first eight games. Bortles also completed 37 passes of 25-plus yards, second-most among rookie quarterbacks. Fisch developed two rookie receivers in 2014 that did something no one else had done in NFL history: Allen Hurns (51-677, six touchdowns) and Allen Robinson (48-548, two touchdowns) became the first rookie duo in NFL history with at least 48 receptions each.

In his first season with the Jaguars, Fisch guided the offense to improvements in nearly every category from the first eight games to the final eight games, including 31st to eighth in red zone offense and doubling its points per game total.

Fisch spent the two prior seasons (2011-12) at the University of Miami as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. In 2012, the Hurricanes scored more than 40 points on six occasions and averaged 31.4 points and 440.2 yards per game. Under Fisch's direction in 2012, quarterback Stephen Morris as a first-year starter threw for a career-high 3,345 passing yards and set a single-season total offense record with 3,415 yards. In his first season, Fisch tutored quarterback Jacory Harris, who solidified himself as one of the best signal-callers in Miami and ACC history. Harris finished with a single-season school record 65.0 completion percentage while throwing for 20 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. Miami's offense averaged 26.5 points per game and amassed 4,533 yards of total offense in 2011.

Prior to joining Miami, Fisch served as quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks in 2010 and worked with three-time Pro Bowler Matt Hasselbeck. Fisch joined the Seahawks after serving the 2009 season as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at the University of Minnesota, where he helped the team earn a spot in the Insight Bowl.

In 2008, Fisch was the wide receivers coach at Denver under Mike Shanahan where he tutored Pro Bowl wideout Brandon Marshall to a then career-high 104 receptions for 1,265 yards and six touchdowns. Prior to joining the Broncos, Fisch spent four seasons in Baltimore (2004-07). He was the Ravens' assistant quarterbacks coach in 2007 after serving as the assistant quarterbacks/wide receivers coach from 2005-06 and offensive assistant in 2004. In 2006, the Ravens posted a 13-3 record and won the AFC North. Steve McNair received Pro Bowl honors after setting a franchise record for completion percentage (64.0).

Fisch began his NFL coaching career with the Houston Texans where he served three seasons (2001-03) as an assistant to head coach Dom Capers. Fisch served two seasons (1999-2000) as a graduate assistant under Steve Spurrier at the University of Florida while obtaining a master's degree in sports management. During those two seasons, the Gators advanced to the Citrus (1999) and Sugar (2000) bowls in addition to winning the SEC championship in 2000.

A native of Livingston, N.J., Fisch earned a degree in criminology from Florida in 1998. From 1997-98, Fisch was the defensive coordinator for P.K. Jonge High School in Gainesville, and he then spent one year (1998) with the New Jersey Red Devils of the Arena Football League as a wide receivers/quality control coach.

Fisch and his wife Amber have three daughters: Zaylee, Ashlee and Kendall.

I'm honestly unsure why in the world ANYONE really believes that O is thinking about hiring someone who would INSTANTLY put him on the hot seat and has publicly stated he did not want that job....i mean, why wouldn't he have just hired him last year? I think the guy will be Sark, Freeze or a couple others, maybe Briles

Pomansky thanks you for putting this list together. Where can he send a signed picture as a thank you gesture?

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Rob Chudzinski - Offensive Coordinator Colts, rumors that the entire staff may get let go after the season. Guy had a great run at Miami right after O left and has good experience in both leagues.

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My wife worked with him right after he graduated from the U

Somebody plz send Orgeron on a plane to stillwater and tell him dont come back until yurich is on the plane! Show me u can recruit! That guy will lure big time quaterback and wont be afraid to unleash a dangerous high octane offense in the sec to match this defense!!!! It wont be hard to get him!!!

Yeah I think those three would all do pretty good