While you are currently reading the lede for this article, somewhere in Columbia, Mo., Corey Batoon is settling into life as Mizzou’s defensive coordinator. Maybe he’s sitting through some HR seminars. Maybe he’s signing paperwork. Maybe he’s drinking coffee and FaceTiming with recruits!
This time last week, it’s very probable that you didn’t know who Corey Batoon was or care what he did with his mornings. That’s because he wasn’t on many of our big boards of Mizzou defensive coordinator candidates. We proposed Jim Leonhard might be a good candidate. DJ Smith seemed like the in-house choice. The more ambitious of us thought Jesse Minter might want to don a new Block M.