Penn State OC Joe Moorhead to be Mississippi State's next head coach
That didn’t take long.
After Dan Mullen left for Florida on Sunday, the Mississippi State Bulldogs reportedly already have their next head coach.
According to college football insider Brett McMurphy, the Bulldogs are set to hire Penn State OC Joe Moorhead over the course of the next few days. The move has since been made official by the school.
McMurphy tweeted on Tuesday night that a deal is being worked on and is expected to be completed soon:
Sources: Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead will become next coach at Mississippi State. Deal expected to be completed in next few days. https://t.co/fcxi8GKyeI
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 29, 2017
Moorhead led a unique and creative Penn State offense this year and will try to do the same thing in Starkville. The 44-year-old coach took over as Penn State’s offensive coordinator after serving as Fordham’s head coach for four years.
He’ll have his work cut out for him to replace Mullen, who led the Bulldogs from relative obscurity to national prominence during his time in Starkville.
However, with his creative offensive mind and a quarterback like Nick Fitzgerald coming back, the Bulldogs could pick up right where they left off next season.
https://twitter.com/HailStateFB/status/935901179544031235
Who Dat? No, for real, whose this dude?
*who’s. And I bet you can Google his name…or read the article you commented on. I know it’s overwhelming but I bet you can do it.
I was being sarcastic genius. I’m sure that went over your head but, it’s okay. Every bridge needs a troll, and I guess you fill the role.
ILG, I get what you’re saying. I’m wondering the same thing. We can read the article but, who tf is this cluck box?
You said you had a Google bar, look him up, ignorant jackarse. One of the best OCs over the last 2 years in the country. #Moorhead
Calm yourself Bull, we are simply say that this was a surprising hire and that not many people, outside of Penn St./B1G, knew who this guy was.
Bunker, I’m glad you get what I was saying.
Yes, I read the article.
Yes, I looked this guy up on the internet, but, I didn’t see that hire coming.
Maybe you should turn the channel on your television once in a while past the SEC games and watch some national football. You might actually like it. Of course, LSU fans are drunks and leave at halftime missing most of their own damn games.
Conference fans are frustrating as hell.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hope you realize you’re pathetic and only entertain yourself…. but then again by responding to you I’m only feeding the troll who probably pleasures himself to sports sites comments… :/
hahaha i hope your realize your program is the laughing stock of the conference. Literally Mizzou has more credibilty than y’all. This is just sad hahaha
See here’s the problem. You’re literally the only person who sees it that way. Honestly the only reason you’re on this site still is they dont support some form of a report option cause fans of every team in the sec would have gotten you banned already.
Obvious troll is obvious
I love when you give the morons facts they say you’re a “troll”. Get over it buttercup. The institution you went to is equivalent to toilet paper. You just wasted your money for nothing. hahahaha
See nothing you say is based in any form of logic whatsoever…. You just yap yap yap like an angry 10 year old.
Let’s see her. Mizzou is a better school, academically, better location, been to more SEC championship games, better alum base. Shall I go on?
Once again when you talk facts to the State morons they shut down. Typical
nah man, was busy doing something constructive with my life. Sorry to have made you feel ignored.
None of that went against any of my facts. I love when moronic state fans start to realize their school is pathetic hahaha
SECond to None, this forum is for mature grown ups who want to have an intelligent conversation about sports. Judging by your posts, you’re either very drunk, very slow, or a child trying to be funny.
Again nothing you said discredited my facts. NEXT
SECond to None, you clearly were rejected by Mississippi State or something, because you are coming across as very bitter. Calling Columbia a better location is not a fact, it’s an opinion, as is saying the Alumni is better. Personally I’ve not been impressed with Columbia, MO.
You can’t tell someone they “wasted money” by going to a school when your favorite thing to do is call people names like a 8yr old. Get your act together and quit being a internet warrior.
ILGSGUY, did you even go to LSU? Obviously not. Mizzou is light years ahead of Miss. State. It’s not even close.
Why are you laughing? This is actually a pretty damn good hire.
Nick, anything related to Mississippi State this guy has an extreme reaction. I mean hell we could have beat Bama a few weeks ago and he’d have found a way to tell everyone why Mississippi State sucks… I created my username while i was a student under the TSUN thing but I’ve grown up and realized its better to have both schools doing well than just one up and the other down cause we focus too much on destroying eachother than bettering our state.
I think this is a solid hire. Look forward to seeing what he can do next year.
Yep the Egg Bowl is gonna look hella lot different than in past years.
Mississippi State is the laughing stock of the conference from there institution, to their athletics, to their alumni, to their town. It’s just all pathetic. The SEC should send them to conference USA or something. It’s pathetic
So if you don’t support the GTHTSUN meaning, then why don’t you change your name?
Honestly had never tried Bunker, but just did.
Mizzou would stomp all your asses right now.
That is a pretty big assumption, friend.
Maybe, but Ole Miss is a s#!t show and State just lost their only good player. Neither team could outscore the Tigers right now.
Historically, and currently, Mizzou is a better team than either Mississippi school. The university itself and all of its teams. Look it up.
You barely beat Arkansas.
So what does that mean for you? I mean, it’s one thing for the Mizzou football team but, what does this mean for you personally?
It means a lot. We all want our degrees to be from schools that are better than other schools, and we want our schools’ teams to beat those from other schools. Nice try at getting philosophical. Super brilliant stuff.
Mizzou fans, cute while they are little.
HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA MATTY LUKE
Isn’t this the same Matty Luke who walked into Starkville and crushed State? What an awesome game. How’s that D taste?
You won by 3, work on that hyperbole a little.
I think this is a smart hire. Relative success at every stop, still young, HC experience taking a 1-11 fcs team to first a winning season then three consecutive playoff appearances, instant offensive surge at PSU. Barkley was destined to be a stud, but I like how their QB plays and this is a QB coach. I like his versatile offense, we may not have Barkley but we have a deeper backfield and both an experienced QB and a very talented frosh. Better line too. Should have no problems on offense, particularly if can cooperate with an oc. This guy has come up the coaching ladder at tough stops too.
Need to hang on to Grantham as well. What he did with the defense was miraculous.
Yeah I’m worried Grantham is gonna leave with Mullen.. Cant really blame him if he does. Best defense we’d have in a long while
Yeah giving up 31 to Ole Miss was really miraculous hahaha
adults are talking, can you back off?
Says the kid that doesn’t use facts
what team you think is “better” isn’t a fact kid. You apparently dont know what a fact is. Opinions are facts to your backwoods self… Look up opinion on google so you can understand better.
I guess they don’t teach reading comprehension at cow colleges
the pathetic part is you’re the one who made all the mistakes :/
Oh the irony hahahahaha
Can SDS please add a report function?
What’s the matter buttercup are the facts too much for you to bare? hahahaha
ThisGuyHere
I sent an email to the editor earlier about blatant trolling and he seemed kinda responsive but I can’t totally say. They’re too short staffed to have anyone patrol the comments for trolls so the best we can do is email them about commenters who are obviously just trolling for fun.
Sadly I don’t think this site can IP address ban yet :(
Pretty pathetic how you can’t even debate your own school. I would be ashamed to go to a school I couldn’t back up with facts, but you literally went to the worst school in the conference so it’s not a surprise at all. hahaha
SECond to None
If you ever wanna talk to another human being and try to figure out why you’re so angry call me. Just respond to this.
Didn’t discredit any of my facts. NEXT
dude you have no facts… This is getting kinda old.
I’ll compare any school in the conference against State just to show you how terrible of a school they are. They should kick state out and add UNC or something.
again reading comprehension must be hard
I’m pretty sure that the only reason that Grantham hadn’t answered Mullen yet is that he was holding out hope of getting the top dawg job. Since it went to another coordinator from another school, I would be very surprised if he stays.
Congrats. No time wasted, recruiting can resume without costly delay. My Hogs better grow some common sense like your admin did and realize an up-and-coming coordinator is the way to go for us folk what ain’t got the pedigree!!! Good luck in ’18 and beyond…
Home run hire. Dang, I’m impressed. I was excited about the possibility of Pruitt, but didn’t think this was possible. Best OC in the country and debatably best assistant, HC experience pretty solid too.
Key question… who for DC? Rumors about Grantham staying but that seems unlikely. Rumors about Dan Brown from Michigan. Seems impossible, but Cohen pulled this off so who knows.
Best OC in the country hahahahaha you state fans are unbelievable
Latest comment is under moderation for some reason. Do you wanna yell at me on the phone “SECond to None” and let your child voice ring? I can understand if as an OM fan phones scare you :(
Yeah we can both play that lowbrow crap if you like. Some of us just prefer not to…
Both schools deserve repect.
No one wants to use facts so I guess I’ll go but I’m glad you did realize some stuff about your school. Don’t make me drop some more knowledge on you later. Also I’m not even an ole miss fan haha
realize what? and what knowledge did you even use? Dunno if its more like talking to a know-it-all 3 year old or a wall…
reading comprehension must be hard
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I’ve heard that Mullen offered Grantham to come to Florida but hadn’t heard that he answered yet, so maybe he’s staying.
He is a great hire. He will be a great coach for us.
I think it’s a great hire. Read up on his resume.
Didn’t Moorhead cause Hugh Freeze to be fired?
This is a pretty good hire I think. Good AD. Wanna trade?
I was skeptical at first but have done a lot of homework on this guy. The few Penn State games I watched- their offense was electric. He runs a variation of Triple option/zone read,RPO. Every run play has a pass option from what I understand-depending on the safety. Kids are excited- I’m excited. Several rumors surfacing that Grantham is staying. Also that Knox is out after bowl game- allegedly recruiting for Florida already. Hope this guy gives Looney a position- he’s a true dawg.
Looney also knows the landscape. A yankee from up north is going to need to bring in / keep some guys from the south for recruiting purposes. I wish they would give Knox the boot and let him coach the bowl game- though that isn’t feasible.
Is anyone else sad that don’t stop believing is going to be gone? asking for a friend..
It won’t necessarily be gone. That didn’t come from Mullen I believe. All State’s game day traditions should continue.
Nah, that was a Mullen request. Of course the cell phones were impromptu. Juice boys with recruits on the sideline were also Mullen. I hate to see all of that go away.
He’s a good coach, but he’s not right for this job. He is from New York and played QB for a New York City team and later was their head coach and had a great record. Starkville will be a huge adjustment for him and you people hate yankees so much. I just don’t understand this hire at all.
Redneck folk, erm I mean, State fans, hate anything that’s different from them. Uneducated people normally are pretty narrow-minded and get defensive when someone’s from another place or has a different style. It’s a place truly stuck in the past and extremely judgmental. Funny you mention the word ‘Yankee’. I believe Starkville residents are the only ones keeping that term alive because it’s perfect in describing anything that’s different than their redneck, white trash ways. I sincerely hope a 30 sq-mi meteor strikes Starkville right in the center. It’ll double as the elimination of Starkville forever and the crater will serve as my personal trash pit – just back up to it with a bed full of garbage, slam on the brakes and watch all my crap topple onto the remains of Davis-Wade stadium. Makes me sad because… I know it’ll never happen.
I’m not going to respond to Mr. Joshua, he just comes to poorly troll the sec, but an Ole Miss fan speaking of narrow-mindedness, intolerance, being stuck in the past, being judgemental, or condemning the term yankee is just stupid laughable. Starkville is only half white to begin with, so your referenc to anything ‘white trash’ is just ignorant. Beginning to think you have spent very little time in either town. You don’t seem to know much about either town, or even your own school’s cultural history. DOLMAO. You can throw the term ‘redneck’ around freely, though, you have us there, in multiple shades. Doesn’t mean the same to you as it does to me, my father was the epitome of a real redneck, burnt from long days working in fields from south lafayette, throughout calhoun, and into grenada counties. It was a football game you sanctimonious jerk, congratulations, yall won your suber bowl and made .500 for the year. As far as your education, if a meteor a mere mile across hit starkville at an ordinary speed (28-32 thousand mph) it would hit with force approximating or surpassing a hypethetical million megaton bomb. Literally about everything in the entire state would be flattened in moments. the entire SE US would be pretty much destroyed, and it would throw so much debris into the air it would blot out the sun. Vast majority of life on the planet would die. It’s a planet killer. Education.
In case you have trouble, it would take Oxford with it.
I laughed pretty good at that post. Truce. That was a great post especially the in-depth physics lesson. Good stuff. I do, however, stand by wishing Starkville to suddenly go belly up.
Buck, this redneck has never been to a bear game. His trace offer is bs.
Yeah, that’s right, trust the guy who makes claims in which there’s no way in Hell he could legitimately make.