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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1mg of Epi

Tuesday at 1:43 PM

Ispyin said:
He only became defense pass game coordinator yesterday

Dude hasn’t even given up a single yard as pass game coordinator. Elite!!

JHallCanes

Tuesday at 1:45 PM

My only goal here is to say something that won’t be bumpable in a year

1mg of Epi

Tuesday at 1:46 PM

BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Related to Melissa?

grover

Tuesday at 1:49 PM

Is there any connection between him and Mad Eyes prior to this?

Ironmanfootball

Tuesday at 1:49 PM

JayCane20 said:
Etheridge is probably a top 5 DB coach in college football and a very good recruiter on top of the coaching ability.

No sugar coat, no bias. That’s legit.

Would be a top notch hire

Wish he could bring Kurt Hester with him but I think Kurt would make Mario tapout to a ****ay twister in the first 5 minutes

JayCane20

Tuesday at 1:50 PM

canadianhurricane said:
Does he have any connection to Hetherman ?

I'm not trying to be a debby downer but we've been down this road before where we hire a couple hot names and it turns out they can't work together.

The difference is the DC interviewed him. That’s the important part.

He can decide that this guy can execute his scheme. Something Mario likely cannot do like he did in the past hiring coaches without even having a coordinator in place

JayCane20

Tuesday at 1:51 PM

Ironmanfootball said:
Wish he could bring Kurt Hester with him but I think Kurt would make Mario tapout to a ****ay twister in the first 5 minutes

Kurt Hester is a

Can’t believe he’s went this long in lower levels of college football.

JHallCanes

Tuesday at 1:53 PM

Ironmanfootball said:
Wish he could bring Kurt Hester with him but I think Kurt would make Mario tapout to a ****ay twister in the first 5 minutes

**** I didn’t realize he was there

I hit him up a few years back when he was at LT when his name popped up for our job

Big fan

hoops156

Tuesday at 1:53 PM

JayCane20 said:
Etheridge is probably a top 5 DB coach in college football and a very good recruiter on top of the coaching ability.

No sugar coat, no bias. That’s legit.

Would be a top notch hire

i like the coaching part. not concerned about recruiting since dollars matter more now

TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 1:54 PM

The U is back to work said:
1 down 2 to go

That's funny. And inaccurate.

Schnelly'sPipe

Tuesday at 1:59 PM

TheOriginalCane said:
That's funny. And inaccurate.

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TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 2:04 PM

Schnelly'sPipe said:

Two down, two to go. Not-inclusive of coordinators.

Last edited: Tuesday at 2:21 PM

tsimonitis

Tuesday at 2:07 PM

TheOriginalCane said:
Two down, two to go.

When news breaks...we fix it?!!?!?!

JayCane20

Tuesday at 2:08 PM

hoops156 said:
i like the coaching part. not concerned about recruiting since dollars matter more now

Recruiting still matters but the dollars still have to be there too.

He was a very high IQ player back in the day and it’s translated to how he coaches.

Sandman211

Tuesday at 2:13 PM

Oh yeah, we fuggin now! Great hire

Angry Ibis

Tuesday at 2:17 PM

JayCane20 said:
Etheridge is probably a top 5 DB coach in college football and a very good recruiter on top of the coaching ability.

No sugar coat, no bias. That’s legit.

Would be a top notch hire

This is great news.

Melissa Etheridge would have done a better job at coaching our secondary than almost everyone since Banda.