Miami targeting Houston's Zac Etheridge for DB coach

DMoney

Tuesday at 10:59 AM 1 min read

Per CBS Sports, Miami is targeting Houston's Zac Etheridge for its DB coach position.

In 2024, Houston ranked 22nd nationally in passing yards allowed against FBS opponents. Houston's 2,266 passing yards allowed were its fewest in a full season in 30 years. Just yesterday, Etheridge had been promoted to defensive pass game coordinator for the Cougars.

Etheridge was previously a finalist for the Louisiana-Monroe head coaching job. At Auburn, he coached three players this year who earned Senior Bowl invites and as well as 2022 second-round pick Roger McCreary.

Etheridge is a Troy, Alabama native who was a team captain on Auburn’s 2010 national championship team. He spent three seasons (2021-23) as the Tigers' Secondary Coach. In February 2022, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach. He also spent time at Louisiana (CB coach) and Western Carolina (CB/OLB coach).

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TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 9:08 PM

tsimonitis said:
Chuck is off the board unless…

We gotta ask @SWFLHurricane about this one.

htownkidd

Tuesday at 9:10 PM

This fanbase and coaches who would never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be mentioned on this board for their actual coaching accolades if they didn’t go to UM.

JohnnyYoung

Tuesday at 9:12 PM

TheOriginalCane said:
Wisconsin has already filed a lawsuit in Harris County, Texas.

Respectfully disagree, they’ve got “credible information,” but apparently not enough to take it to the courts…

Memnon

Tuesday at 9:12 PM

skeeter said:
I'm not…Not at all.

Who is "y'all"

And I'm not even advocating DVD

Then why'd you bring him up?

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skeeter

Tuesday at 9:29 PM

Memnon said:
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Idk you tell me?

How did USF's Corners look this year?

Ehhh…I would need a bigger sample size before I'm ready to crown him. Seems like their rush D was so bad, one of worst nations, even the teams that were capable of passing in the Belt (Tex St.) decided to take the easy 5-6 yds a pop and just hand it off. They also played that game in a downpour so it was hard to throw. The only other 2 Sun Belt offenses that ranked in the top 40 passing in the nation, Monroe didn't play

But maybe he is a young up and comer, and they did have some decent pass pass numbers I'll give you that…I would need to see more before I think he is p4 ready. Just like I won't close the book on DVD (who btw I can take or leave, it was just a thought)

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skeeter

Tuesday at 9:33 PM

Memnon said:
Then why'd you bring him up?

Lol…Why is that important? And why would you doubt me when I tell you I'm not advocating him? Like I was and then just lied and said I'm not…My god weird *** crowd here.

I honestly could care less about DVD…We made a good DB coach hire with Etheridge and working under Etheridge it occurred to me DVD name used to get mentioned a lot by local recruits and maybe he's more seasoned now. Maybe you made a good find with Joseph, maybe someone to keep an eye on.

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mirvin88

Tuesday at 9:35 PM

JustAFanHTX said:
Oh this is my dawg. I can call him at any time. He’s gonna do numbers with that U on his chest

TouchMoney26

Tuesday at 9:48 PM

JustAFanHTX said:
Oh this is my dawg. I can call him at any time. He’s gonna do numbers with that U on his chest

expand some more

JHallCanes

Tuesday at 10:33 PM

Only DVD I ever wanna hear about around here is one that has Chasey Lain on it

K.O.M.A.

Tuesday at 10:48 PM

JHallCanes said:
Only DVD I ever wanna hear about around here is one that has Chasey Lain on it

Man she's nasty lookin' these days. last I heard she was working at the Chicken Ranch

JHallCanes

Tuesday at 11:10 PM

K.O.M.A. said:
Man she's nasty lookin' these days. last I heard she was working at the Chicken Ranch

****. I’m gonna keep my brain in the 90s

AllAboutTheU

Tuesday at 11:57 PM

CanefaninBuckeyeland said:
That's a SFL 5

Or so I've been told

Feels generous

BS85

Yesterday at 4:00 AM

K.O.M.A. said:
Man she's nasty lookin' these days. last I heard she was working at the Chicken Ranch

C
CANE1775

Yesterday at 6:02 AM

Tony4Canes said:
Siap

Thoughts @CANE1775

Good coach and recruiter. I like the hire.

Yesterday at 6:35 AM

K.O.M.A. said:
Man she's nasty lookin' these days. last I heard she was working at the Chicken Ranch

I mean she’s probably 60

tsimonitis

Yesterday at 6:38 AM

JHallCanes said:
Only DVD I ever wanna hear about around here is one that has Chasey Lain on it

Yesterday at 6:44 AM

Dvd seems cool but if it ain’t a recruiting department role, naw

Last edited: Yesterday at 8:19 AM

Squid Bumciorek

Yesterday at 7:00 AM

CanesFan20 said:
Have we ever seen a newly hired coach get negative feedback? Imagine if Gaby was like yeah I'm getting negative feedback, people hate this guy.

Gattis
Manny Diaz
Blake Baker

Squid Bumciorek

Yesterday at 7:04 AM

CANESCANES said:
Does he bring Jeremiah Wilson with him?

See at least two DBs on that list that were in the portal last season and would have made a massive difference. Let’s hope Etheridge is better at evals than his predecessors