He's 24 and has never been an offensive coordinator. Hell, he's never even been a position coach.
How can it possibly work for Charlie Weis Jr. to be suddenly flush with so much responsibility at Florida Atlantic University, you ask?
Listen to Gil Brandt, legendary NFL personnel man, tell the story of when he first knew, in 2011, that Weis Jr. was different from any young coach he had ever seen:
"I'm sitting down with Charlie Weis, his dad, and Charlie Jr. at Florida when Charlie was the offensive coordinator for the Gators," Brandt says. "I had talked at length with his son, who was in his first year of school there.