Boise State alum, Dallas Cowboys OC Kellen Moore makes decision on coaching future
As Boise State continues to look for a replacement for new Auburn coach Bryan Harsin, one prominent name can be crossed off the list.
Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has reportedly said that he would stay in the NFL instead of returning to his alma mater. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that Moore has bypassed the opportunity, and Football Scoop reported that former Florida assistant Jeff Choate, now the head coach at Montana State coach had been vetted by the Broncos and was expected to be interviewed by Broncos officials.
Choate is an Idaho native and coached for several seasons under Chris Peterson at Boise State as special teams and running backs coach starting in 2006, and then shifted to linebackers coach. He was Florida’s linebackers and special teams coach in 2013, then reunited with Petersen before he landed at Montana State ahead of the 2016 season.
Boise on Saturday announced it had hired Jeramiah Dickey as its new athletics director after Dickey had spent almost the last four years as Baylor University’s associate vice president for athletics. Multiple reports suggested that Boise wanted to make the AD hire before the football coach hire.
Kellen Moore will remain as the Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator in 2021, bypassing an opportunity to return to his alma mater at Boise St as HC, per league sources to @WerderEdESPN and me.
Cowboys expect to sign Moore to an extension, per sources.— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 3, 2021
Boy, was I wrong on this one (not that it’s a breaking new story). Did not see him turning down the blue turf. I thought is was a done deal.
He’s gaining a solid reputation as an OC in The League, so it would appear that’s the path he’s chosen.
I would think that he would prefer to be a HC in the nfl and he thinks he is on the best path for that. I doubt being an nfl OC is his final destination.
True. I should have made myself clearer. He’s definitely HC material in The League.
Jerry must have matched Boise’s offer
Hard to turn down your school when they need you. Jerry had to make some big promises. He would have been perfect. Once they get the new AD and coach, rumor is they are joining the AAC in football. Will make it a pretty good Conference. It already is the best G5.
Yes it is. Just think what it would be like if they could convince BYU to join with them (an instant natural rivalry). The American would elevate itself even further. Still a G5 conference, yes, but one that would be far superior to the others, with select teams that, on occasion, would be capable of playing with, and beating, the big boys.
Its not as big of a deal to a lot of people….like it is to us fans. Just read these comments any time one of our schools have a job opening. Fans of the school think everyone that coaches wants to come to “their school”.
Quite true. Rejections are certainly not that uncommon. The most recent examples in the SEC are Auburn and South Carolina just a few weeks ago and Arkansas last year. Plus, Tom Herman and Jimbo supposedly rejected offers from LSU a few seasons back and the Tigers ultimately turned to Coach O.
I heard that the reason Harsin was open to leaving was that the relationship with Boise was deteriorating. I think it had to do with facility upgrades but I am not sure. That Moore got as far as possibly accepting the job and then backing out, makes you wonder if there is a problem.