Recruiting, and winning, is not going to be Urban Meyer’s problem.
It will be a problem elsewhere as we begin to go through an avalanche of coaching changes.
How would you like to be the next guy at Columbia? How would you like to be a fan of the Ivy League Lions?
Norries Wilson is “a great leader of men,” Columbia’s M. Dianne Murphy, director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education, said. “His leadership is second to none.”
Unfortunately, his .283 “winning” percentage was next to none, even at a school that has had only two winning seasons since 1971.
Wilson’s best record was his first, 5-5 in 2006. At one point, in the mid-1980s, Columbia lost 44 straight.
Columbia’s Hall of Fame coach is Lou Little (1930-56), who was 110-116-10 (.488) and upset Stanford 7-0 in a muddy 1934 Rose Bowl.
Columbia is launching a national search. Meyer will make $4 million a year for a job not nearly as tough.
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