Syracuse Football: Donnie Henderson Named New Defensive Backs Coach
by Sean Keeley on Feb 8, 2012 1:52 PM EST
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When Dan Conley and Jimmy Brumbaugh were "repositioned" within the Syracuse Athletics department, that opened up two spots on the staff. The first was filled by Steve Morrison, a former NFL linebacker, to take over the same position.
That left one void and today it was announced that former New York Jets defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson will be the new defensive backs coach for the Syracuse Orange. Doug Marrone officially introduced both new coaches today:
"We are excited to have Steve and Donnie join the staff," Marrone said. "I look forward to working with Donnie again after having been on the staff with him with the New York Jets and to having Steve be reunited with Scott Shafer and Tim Daoust from their time at Western Michigan. They bring a great deal of experience to our program."
Coach Shafer had mentored the defensive backs last season but will focus on his coordinator duties now. Tim Daoust will now mentor the entire defensive line.
It's all about connections for the Syracuse staff. Morrison worked with Shafer and Daoust at Western Michigan while Marrone worked with Henderson with the New York Jets.
This is Henderson's first college position after stints with the Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars and even the California Redwoods of the UFL. He was a member of the Ravens' defensive staff when they won the Super Bowl and you better believe he'll be wearing that ring when he meets with recruits.
Henderson is also a Baltimore native, which is an area that I don't believe we have a solid recruiting presence at the moment. Coupled with Morrison, the new hires bring a ton of NFL experience, a lot of coaching experience and solid connections to hit the ground running with in 2012.
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Courtesy of Brent Axe’s twitter, this nightmare-inducing ESPN article from 2005 mentions that Henderson was a candidate for the head coaching job after Coach P was fired. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1961098
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Western Michigan alum
My other degree is from WMU. So my reaction to this, with my ‘Cuse hat on is…..I don’t see how this is a game changer. Sorry. Hope to be proved wrong.
by Erie Blvd of Dreams on Feb 8, 2012 2:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Not sure
we need a game changer, just good solid coaches that can recruit. I don’t know what the issues were with Conley and Brumbaugh though.
How? Looks like Morrison comes with 3 future players
three sons, Alexander , Marco and Roman.
he graduated in 94, meaning his sons should be around the HS age or have that coming on soon.
May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.
Sounds like they're good coaches
But we still don’t have a special teams coach, and I believe the article on Henderson on syracuse.com said that Marrone would be the ST coach on top of HC duties. I am displeased by this. Very displeased.
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
I think this year is a huge year
If our offense sputters on Nassib, then Hackett is gone. And then we’ll go to a real high octane offense if HCDM wants to stay on. You can’t sell tickets on 3 yards and a cloud of tire fibers.
If our defense sputters, it is possible that Shafer might be in trouble. So far, we’ve had one good year out of 3. One good year out of 4 is troublesome.
I think special teams will be Anselmo’s. That leaves Henderson for DBs and Morrison for LBs. HCDM will still help. If not, changes will be made.
It’s really all Nassib’s fault. If he was a little bit worse, I think that an offensive philosophy switch would have happened. But how do you abandon your senior QB with a 13-12 record as a starter and has showed continued (albeit not dramatic) improvement? We won 14 games the prior 5 seasons.
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I still like Nassib
but I dont think hes going to get much better this year as opposed to last (plateau’d), his best odds for looking improved are having someone better to pass to or hand off to. I think in his role hes more than serviceable, even if he doesnt set the world on fire.
I am looking forward to Broyld showing what he can do at the D1 level. I like that he got seasoned for a year at Milford.
Yeah me too
I want to trust him with that…but I still feel like it needs its own, its that important.
How can people judge a coach who hasn't been here for longer than a day?
We have by far the most cynical, negative fan base in college sports.
As a cynical, negative fan
I reject your statement. The guy’s sure been on a helluva coaching carousel over the last decade or so – here’s hoping it was more circumstances than lack of talent. Oh, and I believe Greggers had a SB ring or 2 to show off when he got here as well.
by firstmatewiggles on Feb 8, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
The beauty of posting
is you do not need to present a resume to offer an opinion.
what bothers me about this guy is....
he’s only coached on each team for 1 or 2 yrs, each… I mean, if he’s so good, why hasn’t he stayed longer at any job he had?
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