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Former Stanford assistant Mike Sanford now on Fleck's Minnesota staff - ColoradoTree - 01-03-2020
Mike Sanford, Jr., who was an offensive assistant here for one season under Harbaugh (his first season as head coach) and later under Shaw for his first three seasons as head coach, has left Utah State after one year to be P.J. Fleck's OC at Minnesota (actually, he'll be co-OC at Minnesota) after Kirk Ciarroca parlayed this great Gophers' season into the OC job at Penn State. If you recall, Sanford left to become OC at his alma mater, Boise State, where he stayed for one year before two years as Notre Dame's OC, which turned into being head coach at Western Kentucky. He got fired after just his second season, but landed at Utah State as the OC for Gary Andersen.
Sanford is doing well so far on his second climb up the coaching ladder, and could well be a head coach again before long. (He's just 37.) Minnesota's Tanner Morgan is a sophomore and flashed some talent this year, and there's nothing like working with a good QB to make an offensive coordinator look smart.
RE: Former Stanford assistant Mike Sanford now on Fleck's Minnesota staff - cardcrimson - 01-03-2020
Good for him and hopefully for him Morgan makes him look smart.
Hopefully Mills can make Shawvita look smart next year, too.
RE: Former Stanford assistant Mike Sanford now on Fleck's Minnesota staff - BostonCard - 01-03-2020
There were rumblings he was in the running to be Cal's head coach, which would have legitimately scared me (though I think the hire they did make has the potential to be good). Sanford is a good coach and an excellent recruiter, though he hasn't exactly stayed in one spot for long.
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