Topic: Coaching Staff/Transfer Portal Commits

[Flat Tire 2]

On X, he reports offers from South Alabama, Jacksonville State, Troy, Old Dominion, and Georgia Southern.

He received Honorable Mention on the MEC/WVIC all conference teams. Interesting that the first team lists 35 players and the second team also has 35 players. Normally there would be 11 players on defense and 11 players on offense plus specialists for a total of maybe 23-24 players. Usually one doesn't see that high of a number on the teams.

https://mountaineast.org/news/2024/11/18/mec-announces-2024-football-award-winners.aspx

[GreenDaddy]

What I like about these recruits is that most of them have multiple years of eligibility left. I realize in the days of the transfer portal that doesn't mean what it used to, but hopefully we can hang on to them and build some consistency.

[Garbanjo]

https://x.com/herdoutsider/status/1871281809591517502

This is from the same site that reported Quinn Sanders was going to be the OC for Gibby. So take this info with a big grain of salt.

https://www.si.com/college-football/former-unlv-qb-matthew-sluka-fbs-visits-nil-dispute

Memphis and Liberty

[jdonaccbus]

Am I the only one that really isn't that impressed by the portal guys we have brought in? I also don't understand this "these players want to be here". I think some people better realize these guys could leave in no time. Constantly using that statement is nothing but a house of cards.

We lost a lot on offense....a lot of great skilled position players, an offensive line.....I am concerned we are addressing these areas. I am trying to hold onto hope.

[herdorbust2]

Am I the only one that really isn't that impressed by the portal guys we have brought in? I also don't understand this "these players want to be here". I think some people better realize these guys could leave in no time. Constantly using that statement is nothing but a house of cards.

We lost a lot on offense....a lot of great skilled position players, an offensive line.....I am concerned we are addressing these areas. I am trying to hold onto hope.

100%.

[herdorbust2]

What I like about these recruits is that most of them have multiple years of eligibility left. I realize in the days of the transfer portal that doesn't mean what it used to, but hopefully we can hang on to them and build some consistency.

We will hold on to them if they aren't that good. If they develop then most will fly out of here.

[parshall2marshall]

Am I the only one that really isn't that impressed by the portal guys we have brought in? I also don't understand this "these players want to be here". I think some people better realize these guys could leave in no time. Constantly using that statement is nothing but a house of cards.

We lost a lot on offense....a lot of great skilled position players, an offensive line.....I am concerned we are addressing these areas. I am trying to hold onto hope.

Well, we have gotten pretty good size on the DL and OL so far. I hope they have the mobility. One thing is, we now have a HC and OC that really know the game and the hope is they can really develop these "diamonds in the rough" that have limited credentials and limited experience that we have, so to speak. So, we may be looking at a "slow start" unless the NIL is sufficient to draw a couple of the highly sought offensive player  and the 2 high sought defensive players that someone posted we are after. They are probably playing in bowl/playoff games. I am hopeful.

[miltonherdfan]

so where are we at on the portal timeline/deadline?  portal entry is closed for now?  can only leave portal, can't jump in?  when does it open back up for entry?

[bbcard1]

I know this would be a gamble, but I hope there has been a conversation about elevating Ralph Street to DC. Having Gibson as a person to bounce ideas off of would make it less risky.

[MUonium]

https://www.on3.com/news/college-football-transfer-portal-dates-winter-spring-entry-windows/

The portal will open at the end of the regular season, the day after the College Football Playoff field and bowl games are announced. According to the NCAA, the portal will open for business Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, and close on Dec. 28.

The spring window in April remains. The portal will only be 10 days, lasting from April 16, 2025, and shutting down on April 25, 2025. The transfer portal will open for 30 days whenever a head coach leaves their program, allowing athletes to leave and decide on their future, according to NCAA guidelines.

With the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, the postseason will be longer. Athletes on teams that compete in the College Football Playoff and later bowl game will be allowed to enter an additional five-day transfer portal window in January after the portal closes.

More than 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered their names into the NCAA?s transfer database during the 2023-24 school year. Removing those who withdrew or went pro, the final total sat at 2,707 transfers. That means roughly 25% of all FBS scholarship players hit free agency in one year.

In data gathered over the first two years with transfer windows, the NCAA found most athletes enter the portal within the first four weeks of the portal opening. The study showed that 73% of men?s and women?s basketball undergraduate athletes entered during the first four weeks. That increased to 82% for men and 86% for women in 2024.

What players can enter transfer portal?
The NCAA pivoted on its transfer portal policy in December when it agreed to terms on a preliminary injunction in the Northern District of West Virginia District Court.

The D-I Council adopted emergency legislation for a new transfer rule this spring. All undergraduate athletes can now transfer and play immediately as long as they meet specific academic requirements. Previously, if an underclassman wished to transfer a second time, the athlete needed the NCAA to grant a waiver to compete immediately. Absent an approved waiver, the athlete had to sit out a year.

There is no limit on the number of times an athlete can enter the transfer portal. The NCAA sent out memos to institutions twice during 2023-24 stating that multi-time transfers could play immediately in 2024-25 without securing a waiver. Athletes cannot transfer mid-year and play for a new school in the same athletic season.

Changes have been made to grad transfer requirements, too. Athletes can enter the portal at any time during the academic year but must enter before the close of their respective sports? final transfer windows.

What is transfer portal?s impact?
The 2023-24 cycle was the sixth year of the transfer portal era. This year?s transfer portal could look significantly different with the 12-team College Football Playoff.

The FBS saw 72 teams lose 20 or more scholarship transfers this offseason. Only two years ago, just 25 teams were at that mark. In the 2023-24 portal cycle, 883 FBS scholarship transfers landed on Power 4 rosters. That almost doubles last year?s number (454). There could be more than 60 FBS teams that roll with transfers as QB1 in 2024.

Across the college football landscape, conferences saw their top players make the jump into the transfer portal. Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn, the MAC Player of the Year, is now at Baylor. The American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, UTSA linebacker Trey Moore, is expected to be a key piece of the Texas defense in 2024.

Sixty-three all-conference selections from the Group of 5 in 2023 will be playing in the Power 4 this season. There was an uptick in the number of Group of 5 scholarship players entering during the 2023-24 window, too.

The Group of 5 to Power 4 pipeline has continued to pick up momentum. In 2021-22, 123 Group of 5 scholarship athletes transferred up. That number nearly doubled to 239 in 2022-23.

[coloradoherd]

I know this would be a gamble, but I hope there has been a conversation about elevating Ralph Street to DC. Having Gibson as a person to bounce ideas off of would make it less risky.

He has 5 or 6 years of experience as a DC in FCS. People forget that. He was DC at Florida A&M before Huff hired him to come back here. 

[MUonium]

I know this would be a gamble, but I hope there has been a conversation about elevating Ralph Street to DC. Having Gibson as a person to bounce ideas off of would make it less risky.

i think it is a gamble.  if Street is happy at his level of responsibility, or from another angle, there are certain jobs that might ruin his enthusiasm, then no.  even if not any of those, if he's done an above avg job at DL then why change?  hopefully, all the staff respect each other and get along well.

like others have insinuated, we are most likely going to get a DC who's playing in the post season at whichever level and that, to me, would be about as perfect as we can get

[whf]

He played a lot here and started many games? Good game against ND.

Thanks, I know he played some back up, but actually don't remember him starting until the team's DB injuries were paramount in 2023.  Believe he Portalled out in 2023.  I think he is a good kid, from Charleston; correct?

[MUfan08]

https://footballscoop.com/thescoop/the-scoop-tuesday-december-24-2024

Marshall: Sources tell FootballScoop Tony Gibson's staff continues to come together with the additions of  Theron Aych as receivers coach, Jake Ellsworth as linebackers coach and Dwight Galt as head strength coach.

https://hokiesports.com/staff/dwight-galt-iv

Galt was the senior director of Strength and Conditioning the last 3 years at Virginia Tech.

Aych was a part of the Herd staff last year for Huff off the field Offensive Quality Control Analyst (was the OC for Tennessee State before coming here).

Ellsworth was with Gibson last year at NC State as a defensive quality control analyst.

[jdonaccbus]

Galt's dad was a long time Strength coach at Maryland. I believe he followed Franklin to Vanderbilt & Penn State. Galt grew up knowing about strength and conditioning.

[s1uggo]

Galt's dad was a long time Strength coach at Maryland. I believe he followed Franklin to Vanderbilt & Penn State. Galt grew up knowing about strength and conditioning.

IMO this is a huge get for Marshall!!!  This is a strength training family!!
https://hokiesports.com/staff/dwight-galt-iv

[herdfan129]

https://footballscoop.com/thescoop/the-scoop-tuesday-december-24-2024

Marshall: Sources tell FootballScoop Tony Gibson's staff continues to come together with the additions of  Theron Aych as receivers coach, Jake Ellsworth as linebackers coach and Dwight Galt as head strength coach.

https://hokiesports.com/staff/dwight-galt-iv

Galt was the senior director of Strength and Conditioning the last 3 years at Virginia Tech.

Aych was a part of the Herd staff last year for Huff off the field Offensive Quality Control Analyst (was the OC for Tennessee State before coming here).

Ellsworth was with Gibson last year at NC State as a defensive quality control analyst.

I actually like these hires.


New LB coach already knows the defense pretty well. He worked with Gibson at NC State so he also knows a few of the portal guys we have picked up.

The WRs coach was already here so he knows the guys as well. He?s also a former OC at the FCS level.

Strength coach comes from a family of strength coaches who hangs out with other strength coaches where all they talk about is strength coaching lol

[MUfan08]

https://x.com/itzrealjay/status/1871560057370079633

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4916954/jibreel-al-amin

[MUfan08]

I actually like these hires.


New LB coach already knows the defense pretty well. He worked with Gibson at NC State so he also knows a few of the portal guys we have picked up.

The WRs coach was already here so he knows the guys as well. He?s also a former OC at the FCS level.

Strength coach comes from a family of strength coaches who hangs out with other strength coaches where all they talk about is strength coaching lol

I'm indifferent with Galt.

Thought we were better conditioned the last two years playing them and pushed them around in the trenches.

VT should have better resources and players for that to happen.

Will say, Gibson has brought a lot of experience with his staff.

[jdonaccbus]

Galt was let go at Virginia Tech. 16-20 in three years at VT isn't going to cut it much longer for Pry. He had to make changes in coordinators and S&C. Galt may have been let go due to circumstances of Tech seeming to be mired in 6-6 seasons.  I do like getting a S&C who has been at power conference programs.

Time will tell on Galt.

I am concerned about quarterback position, lack of depth and talent at wide receiver and the lack of productivity by most of the transfers. I get that Gibson is defensive minded and wants to take care of that side of the ball first. But in this era, if you don't have the proper quarterback and the skill set to compliment him, it won't matter.

[Bob25526]

It ain't the x's and 0's, it's the Jimmy's and Joe's!

[herdorbust2]

Galt was let go at Virginia Tech. 16-20 in three years at VT isn't going to cut it much longer for Pry. He had to make changes in coordinators and S&C. Galt may have been let go due to circumstances of Tech seeming to be mired in 6-6 seasons.  I do like getting a S&C who has been at power conference programs.

Time will tell on Galt.

I am concerned about quarterback position, lack of depth and talent at wide receiver and the lack of productivity by most of the transfers. I get that Gibson is defensive minded and wants to take care of that side of the ball first. But in this era, if you don't have the proper quarterback and the skill set to compliment him, it won't matter.

Hopefully there are some diamonds hidden in these recruits. But like you said most have virtually no experience or come from smaller schools. And there is still plenty of time but the offense isn't impressive at all yet.

[herdfan129]

The lack of a QB so far is kind of encouraging to me. It hopefully means we are still in the running for our top 1-2 QB targets.

[banker]

Probably getting a starting QB off one of the remaining playoff teams. Just waiting to announce.

[ironcheftvdinner]

Jalil is DL.