
The Falcons were 3-10 at the time of Petrino's abrupt departure. He also coached the Atlanta Falcons for part of the 2007 season before leaving to take the Arkansas job with three games remaining in the season. Like Fisher, Petrino has also called his own plays as a head coach. In 2011, seven of the top 30 scoring defenses nationally belonged to SEC teams. At Arkansas, Petrino's offenses ranked second in the SEC in scoring in 2010 (36.5 points per game) and first in 2011 (36.8 points per game) at a time when defense ruled the SEC. Petrino's SEC experience was particularly attractive to Fisher, whose Aggies plummeted to 101st nationally and next-to-last in the league in scoring offense last season (22.8 points per game).
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"I hurt a lot of people and let a lot of people down." "Unfortunately, I will always get to carry that with me, how it ended there," Petrino told ESPN last summer. They won 10 games in 2010 and played in the Sugar Bowl. The Hogs won 11 games the previous season, including a Cotton Bowl victory, and finished No. He coached a Heisman Trophy winner in Lamar Jackson at Louisville, elevated Arkansas and Louisville to national relevance for the first time in years and has won 65.8% of his games as a college head coach.īut he's also met controversy along the way, most notably at Arkansas, where he was fired in April 2012 after school officials said he lied about a motorcycle accident while riding with a female football staffer whom Petrino had hired and with whom he was having an affair. Petrino, 61, has extensive head-coaching experience and has found success at all of his college stops. For this job, Fisher also talked to TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley, among others, sources told ESPN. Durkin and Mike Elko) after the New Year. He hired his last two defensive coordinators (D.J. It's not uncommon for Fisher to take his time and wait until January to make a coordinator hire. Petrino told Odom on Wednesday that he was leaving for Texas A&M, according to sources. Petrino then took the UNLV job later in the month after Odom was hired. Fisher and Petrino had talks about the Texas A&M offensive coordinator position in early December, but nothing materialized.
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Petrino joins Odom, UNLV as offensive coord.įisher said following the Aggies' disappointing 2022 season, which was marred by injuries and off-the-field issues, that he was open to relinquishing playcalling duties and hiring an accomplished offensive coordinator to come in and call plays, which would free up Fisher to be more involved in all facets of the program.
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At the time of Petrino's arrival, Missouri State had gone 30 years without a playoff appearance.
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Petrino spent the previous three seasons as Missouri State's head coach and guided the Bears to FCS playoff appearances in two of his three seasons. Petrino was most recently at UNLV, for less than a month, after accepting the offensive coordinator job under new head coach Barry Odom on Dec. Bobby has a reputation for developing players and we are extremely excited to have him on our staff."įisher has always called his own plays on offense and is one of the diminishing number of head coaches to do so, and although he will still be heavily involved in the Aggies' offense, sources told ESPN that Petrino will take over primary playcalling duties.įisher just completed his fifth season at Texas A&M, a season that saw the Aggies go 5-7 and miss a bowl game for the first time since 2008. He is one of the best minds in college football. "I always had tremendous respect for him as a head coach, offensive coordinator and play caller. "I am very happy to add Bobby as our offensive coordinator," Fisher said in a statement announcing the hire. Jimbo Fisher has brought in former Arkansas and Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino, one of the most respected offensive minds in football, to be Texas A&M's offensive coordinator, the coach announced Friday.
