Assistant Coach Talk

Here's the scuttlebutt on assistant coaches, from various sources, including AZZ.com and footballscoop.com, as well as closely cultivated, anonymous and largely hypothetical personal sources.

Footballscoop is saying that Villanova OC Sam Venuto is being approached for our OC job, and Richmond DC Russ Huesman is being approached for DC. The Spiders are playing for a national championship next week--and Huesman is also reportedly in the running at Chattanooga.

Anyway, rumors also are that Troy Rothenbuhler, Jim Hofher and John Hunter will be back from the current staff. That rumor is based on what people have heard, and the fact that they are the only coaches still listed on the BGSU.com website.

If true, that means is that they the entire defensive staff, including Doug Phillips, the recruiting coordinator, were let go.