OSU’s Monken Talks Jobs
Todd Monken talked jobs the other day, specifically head coaching jobs.
He wants to be a head coach. Few assistants in the profession don’t.
Monken said he likes his current gig and he’s paid handsomely – $600,000 annually – to perform it. But he also likes the idea of leading a program. And he’s likely to become a candidate, again, just as he was a year ago. Only this time, with another year of strong resumé building at OSU, his options should be expanding. I had a story on this in Thursday’s paper, you can read it here.
On the HC topic, Monken had some fascinating and brutally honest takes (doesn’t he always?).
Here are the higlights:
On earning a promotion from coordinator to head coach:
“It’s hard enough to get a head coaching job without being a head coach. With all the money people are getting paid now, (school decision makers) don’t want to guess.
“The next step is an offensive guy who’s scoring. Put some people in the stands, exciting offense and all that. And that’s becoming more and more common. You have to take a smaller job, if you can, and win.”
On not taking just any job, but the right job:
“You’ve just got to be careful. It’s OK to wave at the neighbor lady, flirt a little bit. I don’t know if it’s across the street. Better be careful, might not want to go in the house. But it’s nice to be wanted. It’s nice to have someone tell you, ‘Hey, we want you. And here’s this amount of money. And a five-year deal. It’s your own program…’
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