Mitch Vingle: Taking a big-picture look at Holliday, MU

Doc Holliday’s Thundering Herd is 42-8 over the past four seasons.For most of his career, Doc Holliday has been known for his strong Florida recruiting expertise and his work with former West Virginia coach Don Nehlen.

Nehlen, of course, turned the Mountaineers around early in his career and guided the program to much success over a 21-year stint. He was underappreciated at times, yet stayed. He turned down overtures from other programs.

Today? Well, don’t look now, but Holliday, Nehlen’s protege, seems to be following in the same path at Marshall.

If you’ve not taken a snapshot of MU’s program lately, allow me to point out a few things. First, Holliday indeed has turned around the program. In…