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UM announces Travis Williams as inside LB coach; Diaz comments

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Broward007 said:
Lol go ahead kick me off bud and ill just call up the owner to undo it. Y'all care more about A BLACK PERSON using the word BLACK than actual racism.

Here is a fact

T-Will has 3 ALL-SEC LBs in the last 4 years (one of who is playing in the CFL right now), would have 4 without an injury this past year, but got dudes questioning his coaching skill and development. Same with T-Rob. These dudes can recruit their butts off and COACH/DEVELOP. White dudes who developed as well as T-Will did at the highest level don't get questioned. All I'm saying.

It's the same **** as Berrios/Restropo not being seen as good athletes despite the evidence. I just pointed it out.
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Stefan Adams said:
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Travis Williams, who spent the past five seasons as linebackers coach at Auburn, will join the Miami Hurricanes staff as inside linebackers coach, head coach Manny Diaz announced Monday. Williams’ hire is pending completion of a standard University background check.

“We are thrilled to welcome Travis and his family to Miami,” Diaz said. “He has had tremendous success both playing and coaching the linebacker position and I’m excited about the knowledge and passion he will bring to our linebackers group.”

Williams was promoted to linebackers coach at Auburn, his alma mater, prior to the 2016 season after holding various roles on the Tigers’ football support staff.

This past season Auburn linebacker Zakoby McClain ranked first in the SEC with 113 tackles, while fellow linebacker Owen Pappoe posted 93 stops, ranking eighth in the conference. In 2019, Auburn’s defense ranked eighth nationally in both red zone and third-down defense, allowing only 19.5 points per game against a schedule that featured six opponents who won 11 games.

The 2018 Auburn defense ranked 14th nationally in scoring defense (19.2) and allowed only nine rushing touchdowns. The Tigers ranked in the top 20 nationally in sacks (38) and TFL (96) and were ninth nationally with three interception returns for touchdowns. Top tackler Deshaun Davis, a first team all-SEC honoree, was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals and Darrell Williams signed with the New Orleans Saints.

In 2017, SEC West champion Auburn ranked 14th in total defense and 12th in scoring defense, allowing just 4.67 yards per play, eighth best nationally. Senior linebacker Tre’ Williams earned second team all-SEC honors.

In 2016, the Tigers ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense, 11th in red zone defense and 28th in total defense, an improvement of 43 spots over the previous season, and held eight consecutive opponents without a rushing TD, the longest season streak at Auburn since 1957.

Williams signed with Auburn in 2001, redshirted his first season and then lettered the next four, earning All-SEC honors in 2004 and 2005. He led Auburn in tackles (80) during the 2004 undefeated season; he was second in tackles in 2005 (68) and third in 2003 (67). He won the Pat Dye Leadership Award on defense in 2004 and 2005.

Williams played for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, before beginning his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Spring Valley (S.C.) High School, as a volunteer assistant.

Williams returned to Auburn in 2009 as a defensive graduate assistant, and was part of Auburn’s 2010 national championship season. After coaching stops at Northern Iowa and Creekside (Ga.) High School, Williams came back to Auburn in 2014 as a defensive analyst. He served as an on-field coach on defense in preparations for Auburn’s 2015 Outback Bowl and 2015 Birmingham Bowl appearances.

Williams earned his bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice from Auburn in 2005, and received a master’s degree in adult education from Auburn in 2011.

A native of Columbia, S.C., Williams and his wife Jeanine, an Auburn graduate, have three daughters: Tru, Reign and Brave.
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Again this is good news! The kind of news a good ole mope like me can be happy about. Just like the news of Baker saying adios! 👍
 
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TWill along with being very close friends with TRob also has past history with Lashlee.

They were both GA’s at Auburn in 09 & they were both on Malzahn’s staff as position coaches between 2014-16.

We should see if Chad Morris is interested in being an analyst here on offense, he & Lash brainstorming on X’s & O’s would be a lethal combination for us.
 
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Cribby said:
Only if we get a no from somebody
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That has to mean we'd be moving Patke to an analyst role because we're out of on field coaching spots with the TWill move.

Side note: It has to be Muschamp...has to be. Just cannot see the fit with Steele and his job hopping savagery pursuit of getting a HC job by any means necessary lol
 
CaneThang2020 said:
That has to mean we'd be moving Patke to an analyst role because we're out of on field coaching spots with the TWill move.

Side note: It has to be Muschamp...has to be. Just cannot see the fit with Steele and his job hopping savagery pursuit of getting a HC job by any means necessary lol
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Or it could be neither
 
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Cajuncane said:
Maybe UM has finally figured it’s cheaper to put up a little more money to get better coaches than to keep paying HC buyouts because you were to cheap to do it.
And before we go forward we should all give a BIG thank you to Mark Richt who walked away without demanding a dime ...I know he walked away but he could have stayed around and destroyed the program even more trying to give his kid a job but he didn’t...and being the true Cane he is didn’t try and hold the university hostage ..

gotta think that extra couple million a year is coming in handy about now..
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without question CMR deserves a huge amount of credit for his actions when he stepped down.I have always been very disappointed in Blake James lazy search efforts with the hiring of CMD. Lots of OJT and still some more to go.
was not a fan of CMD hire but am starting to think(hope) he is growing into job..... glass 1/2 full vs 1/2 empty
 
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