{"id":119221,"date":"2024-10-16T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T22:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=119221"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T22:07:56","slug":"fbs-joe-moorhead-hot-seat-candidates-akron-football-head-coach-replacement-cpcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-joe-moorhead-hot-seat-candidates-akron-football-head-coach-replacement-cpcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Moorhead Hot Seat: 5 Candidates For Akron Football\u2019s Head Coach Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hiring Joe Moorhead as head coach made a ton of sense for Akron a couple years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moorhead had head coaching experience. He also had coached at Akron before as an offensive coordinator. He was a successful OC elsewhere as well, including at Oregon before taking over at Akron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zips hoped they could be one of the better programs in the MAC<\/a>. Instead, they\u2019ve gone 2-10 each of the past two years. And there\u2019s little sign of things turning around this season. Akron is 1-6 overall, with its only win being a 31-20 victory against FCS Colgate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Zips decide to move on from Moorhead, either during this year or after the season is over, here are some names they could consider to hire as their next head coach.<\/p>\n\n\n

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FAU Offensive Coordinator Charlie Frye<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frye has a good resume and connections to Akron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frye was a successful quarterback at Akron, where he was a four-year starter and broke numerous records. He was picked in the third round of the NFL Draft in 2005 by the Cleveland Browns and spent half a decade in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He began his coaching career at the high school level and eventually worked as a consultant\/director of player development at Florida from 2015-17. He was an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the collegiate level for the first time at Central Michigan from 2019-20. He then coached quarterbacks with the Miami Dolphins in 2021 before being an offensive analyst and analytics coordinator at Penn State in 2022. He\u2019s been at FAU, where he\u2019s an OC and QBs coach, since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frye could be motivated to make Akron a solid program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las Vegas Raiders Offensive Coordinator Luke Getsy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe getting Getsy to leave the NFL would be tough. But considering things aren\u2019t going smoothly with the Raiders at the moment, maybe now is a good time for him to think about returning to his alma mater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getsy played at Akron when Moorhead was a coach there. Getsy also set some Zips program records and even led the MAC with 3,455 passing yards in 2005, a season in which he led Akron to a conference championship and its first bowl game appearance. He also was first in the MAC with 2,665 passing yards the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getsy was a graduate assistant at Akron from 2007-08 and at Pitt in 2010. He coached with the Green Bay Packers from 2014-17 before being an offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Mississippi State when Moorhead was the head coach there. He returned to the Packers for a few years, then was the offensive coordinator with the Chicago Bears from 2022-23 and is in his first season with the Raiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Getsy ends up leaving Las Vegas and wants to coach at the collegiate level again, Akron would be a good fit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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