OC Joe Moorhead Leaves Oregon, Returns to Akron

After two seasons with the Oregon Ducks Offensive Coordinator Joe Moorhead is leaving the program to become the next head coach for the University of Akron, a team which Moorhead was a part of from 2004 to 2008 in various coaching positions including OC/QB coach.

During Moorhead’s time at the UO, the Ducks reached back-to-back PAC-12 Championship games: one a dominating victory over the USC Trojans, the other a humiliating loss to the Utah Utes. Oregon has compiled a 14-6 record in the last two seasons and the overall reaction to Moorhead’s system has been a mixed bag.

Nobody should be solely judged by their results in the 2020 season, and most Duck fans were willing to give the new OC the…