Before the past two days, the most recent "Big Six" conference coach fired after five or fewer games was Arizona's John Mackovic in He was axed after the Wildcats started Pasqualoni coached Syracuse from He was an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys from , was defensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins from and returned to Dallas as defensive coordinator in He was hired at UConn after the '10 season. Names that already have cropped up as potential replacements include Towson coach Rob Ambrose, a former Huskies assistant under Edsall; Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, a Connecticut native who played his college ball at Rhode Island; and Ball State coach Pete Lembo, who quickly has turned the Cardinals into one of the MAC's better programs.
Mike Huguenin can be reached at mike. You also can follow him on Twitter MikeHuguenin. USC's Drake London will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a broken ankle, the school announced. Widely considered one of college football's top prospects, Oregon edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux exited in the first half of the Ducks' season-opening win over Fresno State with a lower left leg injury. Pasqualoni, the former head coach of Syracuse for 14 years, was fired by UConn on Monday after two seasons and four games.
Conner reported that the Huskies currently have three options to serve as interim coach: offensive coordinator T. Weist, tight end coach coach Mike Foley or defensive coordinator Hank Hughes. The choice will be announced at a 4 p.
According to a release on the University of Connecticut website, the Huskies also fired associate head coach and offensive line coach George DeLeone, Pasqualoni's long-time right-hand man at both Connecticut and Syracuse. The Huskies started this season , with three of the losses coming at home. Then came a missed opportunity against Michigan and a defeat.
The final blow for Pasqualoni came this weekend in a loss at Buffalo. It's very important that we collectively get together and turn things around. We really have no other choice. Weist said there will be changes in both style and in personnel on the field, and said he was open to the idea of taking the red shirt off highly touted freshman quarterback Tim Boyle. But he said no final decisions have been made. Pasqualoni said the decision had already been made to make a switch to Boyle from Chandler Whitmer, and he expects that to happen.
University President Susan Herbst said the school is looking forward to a "stronger future that starts today" and urged fans to support the team for the rest of the season. Pasqualoni was in his 43rd year as a coach, but this was his first head coaching job since being fired by Syracuse in , after leading the Orange to wins in 14 seasons.
He said he hopes to remain a football coach and will wait to see if any opportunities develop to get back into the game. I don't know if they need a coach. I've got football in my blood. Auburn native Tim Locastro is going from one side of baseball's biggest rivalry to the other.
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