Doug Martin Leaving KSU and Parrish leaving BSU

Well, as discussed and debated on the MAC Blogger Roundtable throughout the season, Kent's HC Doug Martin is resigning.  He brought good players to Kent, but never turned the corner.  He battled some bad luck, especially with injured QBs and with RB Eugene Jarvis, and whoever gets the job will have a lot of returning players.

Among the chatter as a replacement...

• Pete Retskis, the current DC and architect of that nationally ranked Kent defense.
• Notre Dame defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin
• Wake Forest offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke.
• Ohio State linebackers coach Luke Fickell 
• Notre Dame wide receivers coach Tony Alford
• UTEP defensive coordinator Andre Patterson
• Buckeyes defensive backs coach Paul Haynes (1992 KSU alum)
• Ohio State assistant head coach Darrell Hazell would also be a good fit if KSU could afford him. 

In other news, Ball State also fired Stan Parrish.  He was in the second year of a four year deal.  I find this a little surprising.  Granted, the Cards have sucked wind since Hoke left, but they did lost some pretty good players, and had that injury to Dante Love.  Counting BSU and K-State, he is 8-49-1 over his last fiveish years of Coaching, and as a D-1 coach.

Eddie Faulkner is the interim coach and will seek the main job, though this strikes me as a situation where you could want someone outside the program.

Footballscoop.com is mentioning Oregon offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach Mark Helfrich which would obviously be a huge get. I'd have to think he can do better, given the Oregon offense.

The Muncie Star-Press had some of the following names, based on people with BSU connections.

• Jeff Hecklinski, assistant head coach/running backs coach/recruiting coordinator past two seasons at San Diego State. 
• Rick Minter, linebackers coach, Indiana State.  Interim head coach at Marshall at end of 2009 season, led Thundering Herd to a win in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Was defensive coordinator at South Carolina and in two stints at Notre Dame.
• Mike Neu, former star quarterback at Ball State. Currently in second season as an area scout with the New Orleans Saints, evaluating college players in the northeast U.S. 
• Bernie Parmalee, Ball State's all-time leading rusher when he finished his career in 1990. Currently tight ends coach for Kansas City Chiefs. 
• Brian Polian, special teams coordinator, Stanford University. 
• Don Treadwell, offensive coordinator, Michigan State (and interim coach during Dantonio illness)/