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Dungy spoke to North Texas about Canales
Posted Jan 30, 2010 by Scott Carter
Updated Jan 30, 2010 at 01:15 AM
When North Texas head coach Todd Dodge was trying to decide whether to offer former USF offensive coordinator Mike Canales a job on the Mean Green’s staff, one of the people he contacted was former Bucs and Colts coach Tony Dungy.
Dungy gave Canales high marks, as did former Bucs assistant Herm Edwards and UCLA offensive coordinator Norm Chow.
“All of those guys said that Mike is loyal and has a great relationship with his players,” Dodge told the Denton (Texas) Chronicle-Record after announcing Canales’ hiring Friday.
Canales is looking forward to coaching Dodge’s son, starting quarterback Riley Dodge. Canales compares Riley Dodge to former USF quarterback Matt Grothe.
As for his new job, Canales hopes his experience pays off at North Texas: “What I am going to bring is the experience that I have gained over the years at NC State, where we beat Notre Dame, at Arizona and at South Florida, where we were ranked [No. 2] in the country,” Canales said. “I can bring the experience of beating Florida State. I have coached in a lot of big games.”
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Por (Dan Alatorre) on January 30, 2010 (Suggest removal)
I think the kid will enjoy being coached by Canales.
“Dungy gave Canales high marks, as did former Bucs assistant Herm Edwards and UCLA offensive coordinator Norm Chow.”
Impressive. How doe these guys know Canales?
Suggest removalPor (rizman) on January 30, 2010 (Suggest removal)
Scott, good reporting. I am glad the negative reporting of the past is gone. Just give me the facts as you know him. I really appreciate it.
Suggest removalPor (Scott Carter) on January 30, 2010 (Suggest removal)
Thanks for checking out the blog rizman…dan, I’m guessing Dungy and Edwards got to know Canales from their days in Tampa together…Plus, Dungy spoke to USF players a few days before Holtz was hired…the coaching world is a very small world in some ways; if a coach stays around long enough, connections start to build pretty quickly.
Suggest removalPor (JJ) on January 30, 2010 (Suggest removal)
Herm Edwards, while head coach at NY Jets, hired Canales as WR Coach for a season
Suggest removalPor (Scott Carter) on February 23, 2010 (Suggest removal)
JJ, good info on your part…I totally forgot about Edwards hiring Canales with the Jets at the time I wrote this…hope you’ll continue to check out the blog.
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