Yes. A. He was a Coug. B. Pretty confident he has aspirations to be a head coach. He was the assistant HC at A&M and coached them in their bowl game when their HC left a few years ago. C. I think it’s probably a long road through the coaching ranks for him to get to HC of a power 5 as a special teams guy (usually left behind for offensive and defensive minded guys when it comes to HC jobs). WSU would be a huge jump and pay raise for him (think he’s making like 5-600K at Bama. Maybe a little more)
There is no search committee, to my knowledge. There is a search firm hired by Chun to identify and contact potential candidates, but he's essentially going to make a recommendation to President Schultz and that's where the buck will stop.
Or their choice of starting QB
out of the box, yes, risk, sure, terrible idea, no. Dude has coached 20 years, smart football guy, great recruiter, great west coast connections, Coug, coached under the best in Saban. I’m sure it’s a long shot, but it’s far from a terrible idea. Everyone on the list is gonna have some risks and blind spots. I remember when people were saying take Gesser and make him a QB coach/OC coach in waiting...that’s a terrible idea compared to a guy like Banks. Banks would run circles around Gesser.
Ha. Yup sure would if he’s the right guy. Tell me, what’s so important about being an OC or DC? Head man at a P5 program is basically a CEO. Sell your program/recruit, surround yourself with the right coaches, and have a strategy that you can execute on. I’m not saying Banks is my #1 but he’s done a lot of these things at good programs for a long time. And TAMU tabbed him as their interim HC so I figure he’s got some head coaching chops.
