Herrmann: Out

Tracing back the story here, the original idea was that Carl Pelini was going to stay as DC and Van Gorder was going to coach LBs.  Then, Pelini left, Van Gorder was made DC and Jim Hermann was brought in as Associate Head Coach and LBs coach.  He has a large amount of college and professional experience that was viewed as helpful in the AHC role to a first-time Head Coach.

Well, Herrmann is now leaving to take an unspecified position in the NFL, according to the school as reported in The Blade.

So, Loeffler goes back to the drawing board.  Herrmann will finish out the spring, which is good.  So far, Loeffler has hired seasoned and qualified coaches and I look forward to seeing who he gets with the next one.  Herrmann wasn't a token "seasoned" coach, he was one of many.  It would have been great to have him--quite probably only for a year anyway--but it's not the end of the world.  We're on a building process here.