The past offseason, has there been a better assistant hire in college football than Andy Ludwig? I see a lot of people on here worrying about Morgan Scalley leaving but should we also worry about Ludwig getting HC offers he can’t refuse?
What better defensive staff would you want as an OC? Money talks, right? But Utah can compete on salary, and what better place to coach as a successful OC than a K-Whitt/Scalley/Shaw/Powell coached defense?
I would be surprised if Scalley left. Rumor is that Oregon tried to pry him away last year which is why we increased his pay to be on equal level with Ludwig. He is making very good money as a DC on top of his wife not really wanting to leave the state. I think it would take not only a huge offer but it would need to be in a place his wife would agree to as well.
He is in a perfect spot right now and can’t see him leaving.
The UteZone folks also said on their podcast that Miami made an attempt to get Scalley last year and he declined it. So it’s pretty obvious that he would not take a lateral, even a higher profile school. I think it would have to be a HC job.