Kill Announces Promotion of Anderson, Departure of Hammock

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Kill Announces Promotion of Anderson, Departure of Hammock

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill has announced the resignation of running backs coach Thomas Hammock and the promotion of Brian Anderson to fill that void.

Hammock was a member of the Gopher coaching staff since 2007. He served as running backs coach from 2007-2009, before earning a promotion to co-offensive coordinator for the 2010 season, while continuing to work with the running backs.

“This is a situation where the stability in our staff hurt us a bit,” Kill said. “This had nothing to do with money. It had to do with advancement in his career. Thomas felt that the stability of our coordinator situation meant that the opportunity to advance from running backs coach to offensive coordinator would come quicker at Wisconsin than it would here. I appreciate what Thomas has done for us in the transition and I wish him the best.”

Anderson has been a member of Kill’s staff for the last 10 years as an on-field assistant before taking joining the Minnesota staff as the defensive quality control assistant earlier this winter. He coached the tight ends at Northern Illinois for the previous three years and coached the wide receivers and kick returners at Southern Illinois from 2001-07.

“Brian Anderson has been with me for a long time,” Kill said. “He’ll step right in and be ready to go. Brian had every right to be upset with me when I took this job and asked him to take an off-the-field position here. But he swallowed it up for the team. I told him if he came here and something like this happened, then I don’t have to worry about the transition.

“That shows what kind of team player Brian is,” Kill added. ”Brian Anderson is a tremendous coach and I’m excited about getting him on the field with our team. We won’t miss a beat with him taking over this role.”

Prior to joining Coach Kill’s staff at Southern Illinois, Anderson coached at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College from 1997-2000. At Coffeyville, three of his student-athletes went on to play in the National Football League. Anderson also coached for two seasons at Highland Community College in Kansas (1996-97). He began his coaching career at Western Illinois, serving as a student assistant in 1994, before being promoted to the restricted earnings position coaching the wide receivers in 1995-96.

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Too bad for the Gophers, but you can hardly fault Hammock for trying to advance his career. Best of luck to him.
 

Hammock is a no good judas. And I used to like the guy.
 

Well that sucks. So whats the down low on Andersons recruiting and coaching ability/resume?
 

this pi$$e$ me off. Hammock knew that the OC had been with Kill for a long time. Seems he was just making sure he had a job until he could find another job. now he has been with Kill, seen his system, how he recruites and who he recuites. It wouldnt suprise me to see Bucky steal a recruit or two.
 


Brick House said:
this pi$$e$ me off. Hammock knew that the OC had been with Kill for a long time. Seems he was just making sure he had a job until he could find another job. now he has been with Kill, seen his system, how he recruites and who he recuites. It wouldnt suprise me to see Bucky steal a recruit or two.
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Good points, never thought about them. F-hammock, bulemia, becky, and the color red. Hope some day hammock does become wisconsuck's O-Coordinator so we can shut 'em out for 10 years straight.
 

First of all, f*** Hammock. I wouldn't have even cared had he gone anywhere else in the world but Wisconsin. He could have even gone to Iowa. But he is now the enemy and I hope his career goes down in flames.

Aside from talking about that traitorous loser, the move to replace him is puzzling. Why wouldn't Kill slide Reeves over to RB coach and move Anderson up to TE coach, given that those have been their roles under Kill for pretty much forever?
 

Brick House said:
this pi$$e$ me off. Hammock knew that the OC had been with Kill for a long time. Seems he was just making sure he had a job until he could find another job. now he has been with Kill, seen his system, how he recruites and who he recuites. It wouldnt suprise me to see Bucky steal a recruit or two.
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He was on the "inside for barely 2 months". I sincerely doubt they showed off enough in that time for it to come back and bite us. And how/who Kill recruits really won't be a secret or anything.
 

I wish there was an unwritten rule that assistants didn't leave for jobs at a rival, but there is not, nor should there be. The life of a college football assistant is nomadic at best. These guys rarely have emotional ties to the program for which they're working (nor should they), but instead are focused on maintaining their employment while advancing toward their dream, which is probably being a head coach somewhere someday. I don't blame Hammock for leaving for what he considered to be a better fit for his career. Rather, I thank him for his hard and oftentimes thankless work recruiting for the U and, furthermore, appreciate and respect the fact that he stayed on to bridge the gap between regimes when he probably should have been out pounding the pavement for a new job.

Congrats, Coach Hammock, and thanks for your work. However, may you never see any success in Wisconsin. :D
 



He is hardly "traitorous." He was a graduate assistant at Wisconsin until 2005, and he got his first RB coaching gig at UNI. He was part of the staff at Wisconsin when Beilema was D-coordinator, so he definitely has ties to the current staff.

You also have to take into account that he had virtually no opportunities for advancement within Minnesota's staff, whereas at UW Chryst is always getting looks for HC positions and might leave sooner rather than later.
 


An additional thought, if I may:

Like any coach, Kill will get a recruiting bump his first full year. That happens in recruiting. Afterward, I think his recruiting will be tied much more to on-field success and player improvement rather than preaching the dream like his predecessor. (For the record, I don't think either manner is wrong, but eventually, a coach must win.) Whereas Brew sold recruits on big dreams, I think Kill's recruiting will be straightforward and practical.

That said, I don't think Hammock's departure from Kill's staff will hurt nearly as much as it would have from Brew's staff. Hammock is a talented recruiter -- I have no opinion of his actual coaching -- but if KillCo perform as well as we hope, the differentiation in recruiting should show no dropoff from Hammock to whoever assumes his duties.
 




dpodoll68 said:
First of all, f*** Hammock. I wouldn't have even cared had he gone anywhere else in the world but Wisconsin. He could have even gone to Iowa. But he is now the enemy and I hope his career goes down in flames.

Aside from talking about that traitorous loser, the move to replace him is puzzling. Why wouldn't Kill slide Reeves over to RB coach and move Anderson up to TE coach, given that those have been their roles under Kill for pretty much forever?
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+1. He should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell.
 

Everyone that wishes him well is a better man than I am, and I'm fine with that. There are 120 FBS teams and he can f off (I just liked the way dpol phrased that).

Per d's point about the strange shuffling of coaches it does seem odd. Here is the bio of Reeves when he was announced as TE coach:

Reeves' association with Kill dates back to his playing days at Saginaw Valley State, where the Michigan native was an All-America quarterback. For the past three seasons, Reeves has been the running backs coach at Northern Illinois. At each stop, Reeves has helped Kill develop some of the nation's top rushing attacks. Reeves coached NIU running back Chad Spann to back-to-back First-Team All-MAC honors in 2009 and 2010. Spann was named the MAC's Most Valuable Player in 2010 as well. Prior to his stint at Northern Illinois, Reeves coached the running backs at Southern Illinois. Saluki running backs coached by Reeves earned four All-America accolades and eight all-conference awards. He also coached two Gateway Conference Newcomers of the Year.

Reeves also served as the running backs coach at Emporia State from 1999-2000. He was a graduate assistant at Saginaw Valley State from 1996-98. As a player at Saginaw Valley, Reeves was a two-year starter at quarterback and was an All-America selection in 1994. He was also a two-time All-Midwest Intercollegiate Conference selection. Reeves holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Saginaw Valley State. He is a graduate of Saline (Mich.) High School.

"Rob Reeves is a young man who played quarterback for me at Saginaw Valley State and he's been with me ever since," Kill said. "He's been part of my coaching family for a lot of years. He brings a wealth of experience. He probably understands me better than anybody, being that he played for me."
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He was the RB coach at NIU and he knows Kill better than anyone. It's a puzzler.
 

Klobe1010 said:
He is hardly "traitorous." He was a graduate assistant at Wisconsin until 2005, and he got his first RB coaching gig at UNI. He was part of the staff at Wisconsin when Beilema was D-coordinator, so he definitely has ties to the current staff.

You also have to take into account that he had virtually no opportunities for advancement within Minnesota's staff, whereas at UW Chryst is always getting looks for HC positions and might leave sooner rather than later.
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I don't care about any of that, Thomas Hammock's girlfriend/mother/agent. You're trying to tell me he couldn't have gotten a job at any of the other 118 D-I football schools? Please. In fact, he probably could've gotten an OC job 6-8 weeks ago at any number of non-BCS schools.

You will never convince me that leaving for your biggest rival, especially 2+ months after you've re-committed yourself to your employer and team (full of kids that you recruited, nonetheless) is anything less than a traitorous and dick maneuver. Sorry, Thomas Hammock's girlfriend/mother/agent. Your boyfriend/son/client once had my unyielding respect as a master of his craft, but he is now dead to me.
 

There goes our national notoriety....what was our consecutive streak of 1,000 yard rushers up to?
 

Ron Johnson Super Fan said:
That would have been true had he been the only black guy on staff.
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Ha, my bad. I guess I should have actually looked up who Anderson was. For some reason I thought Hammock was the only coach of another ethnicity. I remember rideordiechick had a thread along time ago saying that some players might be mad about how non diverse Kills staff is. Which I thought was ridiculous.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I don't care about any of that, Thomas Hammock's girlfriend/mother/agent. You're trying to tell me he couldn't have gotten a job at any of the other 118 D-I football schools? Please. In fact, he probably could've gotten an OC job 6-8 weeks ago at any number of non-BCS schools.

You will never convince me that leaving for your biggest rival, especially 2+ months after you've re-committed yourself to your employer and team (full of kids that you recruited, nonetheless) is anything less than a traitorous and dick maneuver. Sorry, Thomas Hammock's girlfriend/mother/agent. Your boyfriend/son/client once had my unyielding respect as a master of his craft, but he is now dead to me.
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I understand, but he was actually a part of the Badger's staff before the Gopher's. Does that make him a traitor for going to Minnesota in the first place? No, he moved to Minnesota because it was an opportunity at a BCS school, unlike UNI. He now has moved to Wisconsin, because he was wanted by them and it was a better career opportunity in every sense.

If you would like to offer up other places he had opportunities to advance his career, then, by all means, tell me about them. If not, enjoy wallowing in your bitterness. The Gophers will be fine.

Oh, and by the way, you were clearly dead on when commenting on his actual ability to leave to Gophers staff....congrats.
 

Its not like the running backs have been anything great the past 4 years...not sayin he's a sh*t coach just sayin I didn't really see anything to say he's any more than an average coach.
 

Assistant coaches MUST look out for number one. They almost always have a I yr contract and with Kill's staff he did not have a lot of upward opportunity with us. He stayed through recruiting and did an admirable job of holding Brewsters recruiting class together. He's always been a class guy with us. I'd wish him well, but he's now working for a scum bucket opponent.
 

Klobe1010 said:
I understand, but he was actually a part of the Badger's staff before the Gopher's. Does that make him a traitor for going to Minnesota in the first place?
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Wait, did he directly leave Wisconsin for Minnesota? Oops.

Klobe1010 said:
He now has moved to Wisconsin, because he was wanted by them and it was a better career opportunity in every sense.
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"Better career opportunity in every sense." Yup, you're a real Gopher fan, aren't ya? Yeah, I know a lot of Gopher fans who would say that.

Klobe1010 said:
If you would like to offer up other places he had opportunities to advance his career, then, by all means, tell me about them.
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I'm not Thomas Hammock's girlfriend/mother/agent (as you clearly are), so I don't personally know about his opportunities. But I don't believe that a sitting BCS RB coach (with experience as a BCS coordinator and playcaller, nonetheless), with a reputation as an outstanding recruiter, couldn't go to a low-level non-BCS school (the ilk of North Texas, for example), and say, "I'm young, I'm hungry, I know how to recruit, I really want to be an offensive coordinator" and have the new head coach say, "No thanks - we're good." I don't believe that at all.

Klobe1010 said:
Oh, and by the way, you were clearly dead on when commenting on his actual ability to leave to Gophers staff....congrats.
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Please show me where I said he couldn't leave the Gophers staff. Thanks in advance.

Like I said earlier, stop talking to me...I'll still be here long after you leave tomorrow and never post here again, when your boyfriend/son/client begins his new job with the Vadgers.
 

This was an a-hole move by Hammock. Maybe he can put an end to the tradition of 1,000 yard RBs at Wisconsin as well as he did here.
 

dpodoll68 said:
First of all, f*** Hammock. I wouldn't have even cared had he gone anywhere else in the world but Wisconsin. He could have even gone to Iowa. But he is now the enemy and I hope his career goes down in flames.
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I couldn't agree more. Hammock is worse than Judas or Benedict Arnold.
 

Good luck Coach. Based upon some of the reactions around here, it appears there are some people with real problems with rejection and abandonment who are acting out again. The dopamine drip award should be presented to dopodoll for his stroke-out over an assistant coach taking another job.

Can't take it when someone moves on along?

As I said: Good luck Coach. Thanks for trying here.

Check into that dopamine drip treatment dopodoll. You need to "let go..." ; 0 )
 

Beilema

Bulimia isn't making any friends amongst Big Ten coaches. Last week he poached Purdue's LB coach Damontie Cross who had just been hired at Purdue within the last month.
 

Klobe1010 said:
He is hardly "traitorous." He was a graduate assistant at Wisconsin until 2005, and he got his first RB coaching gig at UNI. He was part of the staff at Wisconsin when Beilema was D-coordinator, so he definitely has ties to the current staff.

You also have to take into account that he had virtually no opportunities for advancement within Minnesota's staff, whereas at UW Chryst is always getting looks for HC positions and might leave sooner rather than later.
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your common sense is inconvenient!
 

What a bummer. IMO, people around here will miss his recuriting more than his coaching.
 

Dpodoll, I just love it when you dismantle someone point by point. Keep it up.
 

I'm with Dpodoll on this one. There are waay too many sanctimonious pricks on here tonight wishing Benedict Arnold luck in beckyville.
 

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