With the specter of Teryl Austin’s impending departure looming this year, I wanted to take a look back at Jim Caldwell’s hiring choices to see what can be gleaned. Caldwell has been a head coach twice previously. Everyone is pretty well aware of his stint in Indianapolis at the end of the Peyton Manning era (2009-2011), but Caldwell also led the Demon Deacons at Wake Forest from 1993-2000 and I highly recommend doing a google image search for “Jim Caldwell Wake Forest”.
Familiarity
One thing that surprised me in researching Caldwell’s previous hires is how many familiar names I came across.