Daily News | Mike Leach almost coached at Villanova | Mike Jensen
By 1996, Andy Talley already had won a lot of football games at Villanova, but he’d strung three straight losing seasons together. By Talley’s own admission, ‘Nova’s offense had gone stale. Change was needed. Without some rejuvenation, the Talley era may have soon ended.This week, it’s worth going back to ‘96, to the time Talley, looking for a new offensive coordinator with big ideas, hired Dave Clawson, then Lehigh’s offensive coordinator.
“Mike was just a pure football coach,” Talley said. “Even though he had a law degree. He was a smart guy. … Mike would have been a fish out of water recruiting at Villanova.” Clawson kept rising too. He won big as a first-time head coach at Fordham, and got Richmond — and later Bowling Green — on track. As head coach at Wake Forest, Clawson has the Demon Deacons punching way above their weight class in the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning 52 games between 2016-22.
Ferrante joined Clawson at those clinics, with Leach and Mumme there among others. . When Clawson moved on to Fordham, Villanova fell off the list, Ferrante said, because Massachusetts also got there under Mark Whipple, and two staff from the same league weren’t going to be learning the same stuff. Only about a dozen staffs were there.
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