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The college football coaching carousel appears to be slowing down, but that’s not necessarily the case for a proud program in southwest Virginia, as Virginia Tech is rumored to still be searching for a new offensive coordinator. Despite these rumors, there still isn’t an actual vacancy on the staff. Offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring is still on the Hokies staff in the same position. The same goes for quarterback’s coach and play-caller Mike O’Cain.
Those facts appear to be lost when it comes to the rumors that have been swirling around Blacksburg for the past month or so. The first big name to pop up was Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton. However, the rumor didn’t hold much weight as it would simply be a lateral career move for Hamilton. So while Hamilton may still be on the board, he is an outlier, and it doesn’t seem likely that he will be the new head of Virginia Tech’s offense.
The latest name to pop up is Scot Loeffler. He has been coaching since 1996, mostly as a quarterback coach, but he has served as an offensive coordinator for two different programs since 2011. In 2011 he was Temple‘s offensive coordinator, and he took over the Auburn position in 2012 (he is now unemployed).
Loeffler’s resume isn’t exactly impressive, until you look at the quarterbacks that he has coached in his career. Some of the bigger names on the list include Tom Brady, Tim Tebow and Chad Henne. However, that doesn’t mean he would be an excellent offensive coordinator. He was successful at Temple, which led to his job at Auburn. His time with Auburn didn’t go very well.
With Loeffler at the helm of the offense, Auburn went 3-9 in 2012, and had one of the worst-scoring offenses in the country, averaging a total of 18.7 points per game. For that reason, I think that Frank Beamer should be wary of hiring Loeffler.
