Staff loyalty - An interesting study on assistant coaches

Many believe there is not much loyalty in the coaching profession. Some say that certain coaches try to come across as loyal, but in reality, they are only as loyal as their options.

We have found 56 coaches in D1 football that have remained with their current head coach for at least ten years.

At Minnesota, the Gophers are really selling Jerry Kill and their core group of assistant coaches in the recruiting process. Kill has served as the head coach at Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, and now Minnesota. Six of his assistants at Minnesota have served on his staff for at least ten years.

After taking a look at our breakdown, we recommend watching the latest video production from Minnesota football. The video is about staff loyalty.

Gary Pinkel (7): Dave Steckel, David Yost, Andy Hill, Brian Jones, Craig Kuligowski, Bruce Walker, Cornell Ford

Joe Paterno (6): Larry Johnson, Jay Paterno, Dick Anderson, Tom Bradley, Bill Kenney, Ron Vanderlinden

Kirk Ferentz (7): Norm Parker, Ken O'Keefe, Lestern Erb, Darrell Wilson, Reese Morgan, Eric Johnson, Phil Parker

Jerry Kill (6): Matt Limegrover, Tracy Claeys, Brian Anderson, Jay Sawvel, Rob Reeves, Pat Poore

Bob Stoops (4): Brent Venables, Cale Gundy, Bobby Jack Wright, Jackie Shipp

Tom O’Brien (4): Dana Bible, Don Horton, Jerry Petercuskie, Keith Willis

Jim Grobe (4): Keith Henry, Steed Lobotzke, Ray McCartney, Billy Mitchell

Houston Nutt (3): Mike Markuson, James Shibest, Chris Vaughn

Jim Tressel (3): Jim Heacock, Jim Bollman, Dick Tressel

Chris Ault (3): Ken Wilson, Cameron Norcross, Barry Sacks

Frank Beamer (3): Bud Foster, Bryan Stinespring, Charley Wiles

Mack Brown (2): Bruce Chambers, Duane Akina

Gary Patterson (2): Dan Sharp, Eddie Williamson

Mark Richt (2): Rodney Garner, Mike Bobo

Pat Hill (1): Randy Stewart

Frank Solich (1): Tim Albin

Randy Edsall (1): Lyndon Johnson

Larry Blakeney (1): Jeremy Rowell

Jeff Tedford (1): Ron Gould