Temple football finally gets a new head coach in Rod Carey
By Dan Parzych
The Temple football team officially Rod Carey as their new head coach this week, putting an end to the drama surrounding the search.
To say the Temple football team has been dealing with all sorts of drama involving their head coaching search over the last month or so would be a huge understatement when taking a closer look at what exactly the Owls have been forced to deal with.
Between Geoff Collins leaving the team after two seasons to take the job at Georgia Tech to Manny Diaz originally filling in as his replacement before going back on his word to become the new head coach at Miami, it’s been an interesting ride for Temple during their search.
While it was easy to understand the decision by Collins to take the job at Georgia Tech since, with all due respect to Temple, this gave him a better opportunity to coach in a stronger conference, Diaz situation was a completely different situation.
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Since Diaz had already agreed to leave the Hurricanes when he was defensive coordinator before his shocking decision to go back to Miami as the new head coach, this was a little tougher to process.
With that being said, all the Owls care about now is the fact they finally found someone new to fill the position in former Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey.
When looking at the success Carey had in the previous six seasons at Northern Illinois, it’s easy to understand the excitement from Temple over the hire. Not to mention, the Owls are taking the safe approach after their roller-coaster search from the offseason by putting in a $10 million buyout for each of the first two seasons, and $8 million for the third.
From his 52-30 record with the Huskies to even helping the school reach the Discover Orange Bowl in 2013, Carey will certainly bring a ton to the table right away during the 2019 season with the Owls.
Losing to Duke 56-27 in the Independence Bowl was a devastating way to the end the season for the Owls, but when seeing how from an overall perspective they finished 8-5 and 7-1 in conference play, this gives plenty of hope for Carey’s first year in 2019.
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Assuming that everything goes according to plan, Temple should be in the mix for another Bowl game next year with Carey, and hopefully see better results than a few weeks ago when they fell to the Blue Devils.