FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

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Anyone know if Coach Pelch will retain the current staff already in place at Millsaps?

[bb king]

To answer your question only one coach was kept. He is a millsaps grad. From info I have they will all be paid through end of month.

[Shoreman]

Millsaps staff hires from footballscoop.com

Millsaps College (MS): We are hearing that former Oakland Raiders offensive quality control Rich Scangarello accepted the offensive coordinator job at Millsaps.  Our source also tells us that Christian Life Academy (Baton Rouge, LA) assistant Jason McClendon accepted the running backs job.

[Tex]

It's a little bit after the fact, but I wanted to make a comment on the hiring of Coach Pelch.  When Coach DuBose resigned, one of my first thoughts was that Coach Pelch would have been a natural to take over if he was still coaching at Millsaps.  Maybe there still would have been a 3 month search process, maybe not, but there's no doubt in my mind that Coach Pelch would have been viewed as the leading candidate from the start if he had not gone to the Oakland Raiders.

I like Coach Pelch, but I have no idea about how he'll do as the head coach at Millsaps. I'm just not close enough to the program or knowledgeable enough to give a valid opinion.  I certainly hope that he is the right person for the job but that's something we'll find out in a couple of years.

What I do know is that Coach Pelch inherited a better situation than Coach DuBose, but he also inherited a more difficult SCAC environment.  It seems like the success of Millsaps has inspired others.  For years, SCAC football was Trinity, DePauw, and a team here and there who were good enough to pull off an upset every so often.  Now look at the league:  Trinity and DePauw are still going to be in the hunt each year.  Centre has a lot of talent and a great schedule this year.  Austin has become a very tough opponent.  And then there's BSC, either this year or next.  And who knows, give Sewanee and Rhodes a few years and maybe they come out of nowhere like Millsaps did in 2006.

Doing what Trinity did with their long string of championships or even winning 4 straight like Millsaps has done will be tough to do in the future.  Regardless of who is the coach, the Millsaps program will have to take a step up to replicate the success of the last 4 years.  Success in the SCAC is getting to be more difficult to come by in recent years.  I look forward to seeing how Coach Pelch, his staff, and the Millsaps players meet the challenge of the 2010 season.  

Howdy boys.  I'm personally glad to see Dubose leave.  He had our number.

[33Belly]

Does this mean that Millsaps will be running a different offense?  I think that will be a mistake.  They have been very effective on that side of the ball.

[frank_ezelle]

Does this mean that Millsaps will be running a different offense?  I think that will be a mistake.  They have been very effective on that side of the ball.

Here's the 2008 bio on Rich Scangarello from the UC Davis media guide:

Formerly an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach at UC Davis,
Rich Scangarello returned to the program in 2004 to mentor the receiving
corps. In 2008, he will return to coaching quarterbacks and will
assume the duties of co-offensive coordinator.

Scangarello brings an astute command of the West Coast offense,
sharpened by his experience at all levels of collegiate football. His role
has now been expanded to that of passing game coordinator and professional
football liaison.

He previously coached with the Aggie program in 1998 and 1999,
during which time he worked with two Harlon Hill Trophy finalists and
eventual NFL draft picks, Kevin Daft and J.T. O'Sullivan.

Scangarello subsequently served a year as an offensive graduate assistant
at Idaho, where he coached both quarterbacks and receivers. He
left Moscow to take a post as offensive coordinator at Carleton College
in Northfield, Minn.

Scangarello then returned to Idaho in 2002 to reprise his role as
quarterbacks coach. For two seasons, Scangarello's protegé, Brian Lindgren,
ranked among the top passers in Division I-A.

A native of Roseville, Calif. and a 1990 graduate of Oakmont HS,
Scangarello graduated from Sacramento State in 1996 with a degree in
business administration.

[33Belly]

I guess that they are changing their offense then.  I think that there might be a little changing of the guard next year in the SCAC.  With all of the changes I don't see Millsaps being in the upper echelon of the conference.

[frank_ezelle]

Time will tell on how Millsaps fares in the 2010 season.  I happen to like the assistant coaches that I knew from last season and it would have been fine with me if the entire staff had been kept intact.  However, I can also understand the logic of bringing in mostly new people to avoid the potential problems of hearing "but this is how we have done it in the past so why should we change now".

This Rich Scangarello sounds like he knows a thing or two about offensive, especially the passing game.  Millsaps happens to be loaded with talented young quarterbacks and gifted receivers.  My guess is that Scangarello might be able to figure out a scheme that works.  And my guess is that guys like Will Hawkins and Kevin Peters are going to be outstanding regardless of who comes in as the defensive coordinator. 

Will Millsaps win the SCAC with all these coaching changes?  I don't know.  I suspect Centre would  be the preseason pick in 2010 and that would have been the same even if DuBose was still at Millsaps.  After all, Centre hosts Millsaps, Trinity, and DePauw in 2010, the same formula DePauw used to get the AQ in 2009.  That gives Centre a nice edge in a very balanced league. 

Sure, things will be different at Millsaps next year, but different doesn't automatically mean worse.  It might be a little early in the season to predict a second tier finish for the Majors in 2010.

[cush]

Any idea on the Head coache's salary? i would be a stark comparison to list the salaries of scac coaches and compare them to the big 10 or sec- heck grad assistants probably make more money at those school's.

[DPU3619]

Does this mean that Millsaps will be running a different offense?  I think that will be a mistake.  They have been very effective on that side of the ball.

I'm not sure about this.  The rest of the field has regressed, too.  DePauw will try to replace the best player in their program's history.  Centre has just Conliffe at QB and they lose their #1 receiver.  Trinity still needs to figure out if Davidson is their QB or not.

There's a LOT of questions in this conference.  Bringing in coaches who were in the NFL is certainly a leg up over a lot of places in this conference.

[D3_DPUFan]

There's a LOT of questions in this conference.  Bringing in coaches who were in the NFL is certainly a leg up over a lot of places in this conference.

I think that's right and why this season should be an interesting one in the SCAC. And yeah, I've gotta belive that bringing in a head coach (and assistants) with NFL experience---and a Millsaps backgroud---is a real plus...I think Millsaps will be just fine this fall. 

[Patriot_Pride]

I think that's right and why this season should be an interesting one in the SCAC. And yeah, I've gotta belive that bringing in a head coach (and assistants) with NFL experience---and a Millsaps backgroud---is a real plus...I think Millsaps will be just fine this fall. 

Ya'll are reading way too much into coach Pelch being in the NFL. He was there for one season after three previous with Millsaps. Sure, he'll have that ONE year of experience there and I'm sure will bring some different stuff to the table, but everyone is talking like he was an NFL veteran or something.

I'm not sure why he didn't keep some select coaches, but I'm sure he has his reasons and I respect that. I still just don't see Millsaps being a contender next year (and I don't care that the season doesn't start for 5 months), especially after letting the OC, OL, RB, DB and DL coaches go who really meant a LOT to the program and recruited their butts off.

As far as salary goes, I'm not sure who makes what. But what I do know is that Millsaps will be going from 8 to 4 coaches and that will be a huge change. Coach Pelch will do a good job recruiting because he knows the area and was there from 2006-08, but that is where the other assistants really came in handy before. Chopping that in half from 8 to 4 will be a challenge. I'd say Millsaps' roster drops from 120 to 80 or so next year when it's all said and done.

We're down to 179 days and counting til' kickoff....

[Ron Boerger]

INS, have to think that Millsaps is still going to have the great majority of kids (and talent) that was recruited by the DuBose gang - if so, the Majors should remain a very strong contender next year.

And the thing about having someone with NFL background as your HC ... that is going to attract kids who might not otherwise consider a little school in Jackson, just like having a former D-I coach helped attract some kids in the past.  Obviously Coach Pelch and his new staff have work in front of them to maintain the program at the standards that Coach DuBose established, but the task is made easier by the high expectations the players have themselves after the success of the past few seasons.

[Shoreman]

Sewanee staff addition

http://sewaneetigers.com/news/2010/3/10/FB_0310104733.aspx

[exmajor]

Millsaps has added a DIII team as its 10th game on its 2010 schedule.  While the Belhaven game is nice due to location, adding a team like LaGrange should be a nice boost to at large possibilities for the Majors.  The Belhaven game never counted towards at large and LaGrange gives Millsaps an in-region game.  I am sure LaGrange would love a little payback for the first round playoff game two years ago in Jackson.  This is a great move by the school and Mississippi College, LaGrange and Huntingdon should be a great non-conference slate for the Majors, but they will have their work cut out for them.

http://gomajors.com/schedule.aspx?path=football&schedule=82&;