This is part one in a series of possible candidates for the Head Football Coaching Position at Texas A&M-Commerce.
Candidate one-Colby Carthel
Current position: Defensive Coordinator at West Texas A&M University
Alma Mater: Angelo State, BA in Science, 2000
Previous Schools: Abilene Christian, (Coach) Angelo State (Player)
Overall thoughts: Right now, rumor has it that Carthel is the front runner. If his last name sounds familiar, it is because his father is Don Carthel, the head coach at West Texas A&M. Carthel has quite a few advantages to him and a huge upside. First, he played football in the LSC, and has Coached at two different schools, and knows the struggles of our Offense and Defense. He has also made it known he would love to come to Commerce. Being with Succesful programs is also a huge upside. He has been coaching against us for the past 6 years, and knows what we need improvement on, especially with the defensive talent we have on that side of the ball. Our largest need for improvement comes on offense, and since Carthel knows what it takes to stop us, I would believe he knows what would make us go as well.
His Father is rumored to be retiring after the 2013 year, and one would imagine he would perhaps help his son out in coaching. Carthel is a good coach and a very effective recruiter. With all due respect to the good folks in Canyon, anyone who can get a group of studs to go out to Canyon is a very good recruiter. I would be pleased with this selection, but we have others, and as impressive as Carthel is, I have a Candidate in mind, but you will have to wait till next week to find out who that is.
Go Lions….
Brian
Just curious if these are “official” candidates or just speculation on your part. I didn’t see anything on lionathletics.com so just curious where the info is coming from.
Well lets just say that there have been 3 coaches that have been to Commerce and have been interviewed and this is one of them. My source is very reliable. The other two will be up on Monday and tuesday. Twitter and D2football.com are great resources.
Go Lions……..
Brian
So 5 total? Not bad but don’t want this to drag on forever. Any idea if Brian Williams is one of the 5? Should be one of the front runners.
ehhh, yeah, its going to be about 5. My candidate has expressed interest, but he has not been interviewed, so probably 4 wil be interviewed by EOD on Mondy and the fifth possible they will decide as to whether or not they will call, let me give you a hint, he his the current Head Coach at another D2 football program here in Texas.
Go Lions…..
Brian
Stopped playing guessing games when I was 7. I’ll just wait until the dept makes the announcement.
It’s not a guessing game. There have been 4 people who have put an interest into this position and have been vocal about it. Call it what you want, but its not a guessing game. Nobody really knows who is going to get this however.
Meant I didn’t want to play your guessing game. Will wait for something official.
Then by all means go see if you can’t find it out somewhere else.
Go Lions…….
Brian
Brian Williams should be a front runner? How is a Defensive Coordinator of a team that has won 5 games total in the last 3 years a front runner of anything?