TEXAS A&M
The big moves from College Station ain’t over as Texas A&M has apparently stolen Oklahoma’s longtime strength and conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt. One thing is abundantly clear, Jimbo Fisher isn’t messing around.
After throwing serious money at LSU’s defensive coordinator Dave Aranda and ultimately stealing DC Mike Elko away from Notre Dame, Texas A&M has made a serious commitment to building Fisher a staff many would be envious of heading into the 2018 offseason.
If you are unfamiliar with Schmidt, he’s been on staff at OU since 1999. Prior to his long stint in Norman, Schmidt was at Florida under Steve Spurrier at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz and at Oklahoma State. According to his Oklahoma bio, he’s worked with three Heisman Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel (Florida), Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State) and Tim Brown (Notre Dame). He’s also helped 18 players become first-round selections in the NFL.
News of Schmidt’s arriving was first reported by one of Schmidt’s former pupils at Oklahoma, Dusty Dvoracek:
On @sportsanimal right now, @DustyDvoracek breaking news that #Sooners strength and conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt is headed to Texas A&M.
— SoonerScoop.com (@SoonerScoop) January 10, 2018
Would Baker Mayfield be the 4th Heisman trophy winner?
LMAO!
The least you could have done was cut and paste off the OU coaches website.
All 18 of OU’s teams since his arrival in Norman have played in bowl games.
• 1991 Collegiate Strength Coach of the Year by USAFitness.
• Worked with five Heisman Trophy winners: Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Jason White (Oklahoma), Danny Wuerffel (Florida), Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State) and Tim Brown (Notre Dame).
• Coached 27 NFL first-round draft picks.
• Has coached with teams that played in six national championship games and has national title rings from OU, Notre Dame and Florida.
Throw Baker in there as well. Evidently nobody in Norman wants to believe they got dumped. He’s still on their webpages. LOL. He made a good move. The Aggies have people for that.