A frustrating phone call was all it took for Tom Herman to realize that he didn’t know much about how the world works for those who aren’t football coaches.
The former Houston and Texas coach was on his phone, on hold, waiting for some company to pick up. He felt like it was an inordinate amount of time to be waiting for anything, so he yelled out to his wifeWith that,broke out laughing and told him to let her know when the hold time reached the one-hour mark. Evidently, her husband had no idea how call centers work.
“He’s a proven leader. He has a great record,” now-former FAU President John Kelly said when the Owls hired . “If you haven’t looked up his record and if you want to just salivate, go look at his record. He’s a winner. He wins at everything he does.”is a member of Mensa, the society for those who have the highest IQs in the world. His six previous seasons as a head coach resulted in six winning records. He’s 5-0 in bowl games, was an assistant on an Ohio State team that won the national championship and is past winner of the Broyles Award given to the nation’s top assistant.
It’s no longer a question about whether teams at FAU can be successful. Lane Kiffin got the program back on the national map during his three seasons there before he took over at Ole Miss. The men’s basketball team went to the Final Four last season. And nowThe Owls are new to the AAC.isn’t. He spent his first two years as a head coach in the league, taking Houston to a conference title in his debut season of 2015 and wound up going 12-4 in AAC games over his two years before going to Texas.
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