I just got word from a very reliable source, who learned first hand, that Jim Tomsula, the Defensive Line coach for the San Francisco 49ers, will be joining Paul Chryst as an assistant coach at PITT. I would think that would be as a DC but I’m not sure on that count at all.
Thomsula has a pretty extensive coaching back ground in both football and carpet sales. ..
” Part of his coaching career was spent at his alma mater, Catawba College in North Carolina. He began there as a volunteer defensive line coach in 1997. He also worked part-time as a carpeting salesman and lived out of his car for part of the time while coaching at Catawba.’
Man, you have to just love that after all we’ve been through the last 12 months.
After reading this please understand that this is the first time I’ve every cited a ‘source’ on here and will probably be my last, but this info is too trustworthy not to share with The Blather folks. If the guy who told me this is wrong I’ll kill him.
It takes a special mentality to play the post and neither Taylor or Birch have it. Taylor has stuck by his commitment while Birch decided to leave.
link to pittblather.com
to a possible DC or so at Pitt.
My concern is his lack of any recruiting history. Chryst and Bostad are not known for their recruiting prowess. The hope/expectation is that he would look to get some coaching staff that have recruiting chops.
Coaching acumen and even the desire to coach aren’t in question. But talent is still a necessity.
Again, I’m not sure he’ll actually be the DC but I firmly believe that he’s coming here on staff.
As I said, this is the only time I’ve ever stated “a source” without identifying him and will probably be the last but I was asked to keep a confidence from the guy I was talking with. I’m not an ‘insider’ myself by any means but this guy is, at least for this situation.
This isn’t real shocking news either as you state above its been talked about for some time. So I thought I’d share.
Reed, since Chas’ article about Tomsula was so tongue-in-cheek, I wasn’t sure if you were serious
BTW – not sure it will be as DC – that was some speculation on my part and personally I think Orlando, from what I read, would be a good one. All I want is an aggressive defense as I think that is the way to go in college ball.
Either way these hires, when they happen, sound pretty good so far all around, HC included.
Maybe AHC/DC combo title?
Seriously? I have no idea what the motivations are with this. I would think that Tomsula probably sees it as an inroad to the college coaching ranks where he would be more upward mobility than in the NFL.
There are 112 DC jobs and 112 HC jobs on Div I teams so right there are a lot of job opportunities.
He’s only 43 so has a lot of coaching ahead of him.
SCOUT. COM AND FOOTBALL SCOOP both have HUXTABLE as comeing to PITT and he is not comeing to coach LB he could do that at wisconsin.
IMO it would be great to get both though.
REED if your man is right tomsula sounds as good as the outher. if he can recruit
I asked Jimmy via test if he is planning a move. His response back is “It has to be a package deal, They got to bring in Chep to get me”. Bill Cherpack (TJ’s coach) and Jimmy graduated together. Of course he was joking. But the next text was “Hmmmmmm, we may be hanging out a dukes (bar on 8th ave, all SV guys)more often”….so he is not showing his cards!
