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Alabama hiring former Ole Miss Co-OC/QB Coach Dan Werner
Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:29 pm
Alabama reportedly hiring former Ole Miss co-offensive coordinator Dan Werner | AL.com
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Like last year, Alabama will have two offensive analysts with extensive and impressive resumes.
After adding Chris Weinke as an offensive analyst during the winter, the Crimson Tide is now also hiring former Ole Miss assistant Dan Werner as an offensive analyst, according to a report from Fox Sports.
Werner was fired by Ole Miss in December after five years as the team's co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Under Werner, Chad Kelly threw for 4,042 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2015 and 2,758 yards and 19 touchdowns in nine games last year.
Werner has also worked at schools such as Miami and Auburn.
Werner was the quarterbacks coach for Miami's 2001 national championship team, serving as the Hurricanes' quarterback coach from 2001-03 and then as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2004 and 2005.
Under Werner, Ken Dorsey was twice a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and won the 2001 Maxwell Award.
Werner was an offensive consultant at Auburn in 1999.
Steve Sarkisian and Mike Locksley were Alabama's two offensive analysts last year.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 8:07 pm
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Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:35 pm to TidalSurge1
I know people assume Werner will take an on the field position down the road, but he has a family issue that kept him from recruiting at Ole Miss (I believe his son has a disease? Maybe?).
I also know that Barney Farrar of the Tunsil fiasco was given a waiver to replace him on the road.
After this whole Ole Miss disaster would the NCAA be willing to grant another waiver for Werner in the future?
I also know that Barney Farrar of the Tunsil fiasco was given a waiver to replace him on the road.
After this whole Ole Miss disaster would the NCAA be willing to grant another waiver for Werner in the future?
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:02 pm to TideSaint
I don't think analyst can hit the road, I may be wrong.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:02 pm to BamalaAnderson
My bad, I failed to read your entire post.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:02 pm to TideSaint
Don't care if he ever gets on the field. The guy can coach QBs. Between him and Weinke, the QBs should have all the tools,they need to excel.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:21 pm to CrimsonFlounder
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Don't care if he ever gets on the field. The guy can coach QBs. Between him and Weinke, the QBs should have all the tools,they need to excel.
But you have to get on the field to coach those qbs. Actually, I don't think the so called analysts can even coach in the film room. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if there is some creative shuffling among the staff that allows for one of those guys to be re-assigned to qb coach.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:46 pm to CrimsonFlounder
Are the analyst even allowed to be involved in practice?
Just asking, either way those are 2 good offensive minds and glad they are on staff
My bad huddie, I didn't refresh before posting.
Just asking, either way those are 2 good offensive minds and glad they are on staff
My bad huddie, I didn't refresh before posting.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 4:50 pm to Bamadoc
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My bad huddie, I didn't refresh before posting.
But I'm really not sure about that. It's only what I've read on these boards.
Posted on 3/21/17 at 6:34 pm to Bamadoc
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Are the analyst even allowed to be involved in practice?
Just asking, either way those are 2 good offensive minds and glad they are on staff
My bad huddie, I didn't refresh before posting.
Analysts can't directly interact with or coach players during practices or games.
However, Commander Data recently posted this nugget in the Chris Weinke thread:
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One of the greatest uses of these "analysts" are that unlike onfield coaches, they can and do work with the kids during voluntary summer workouts. It's huge.
This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 3/21/17 at 7:15 pm to TidalSurge1
Dan Werner Bio (Ole Miss)
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Dan Werner, a highly successful veteran offensive mind, is in his fifth season as head coach Hugh Freeze’s co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
This marks Werner’s second term at Ole Miss, having worked alongside Freeze on the Rebels’ offensive staff in 2006 and 2007.
With Werner helping direct the offense in 2015, Ole Miss set program records for scoring (531), touchdowns (68), total offense (6,731), passing yards (4,351), passing touchdowns (35), 50+ point games (4) and games with more than 600 yards of offense (3). The Rebels led the SEC and were top 10 nationally in scoring (40.8), total offense (517.8 ypg) and passing (334.7 ypg).
Werner, a 2015 Broyles Award nominee for the nation’s top assistant, coached first-year signal caller Chad Kelly to a record-breaking season. The Manning Award finalist led the SEC in passing yards (4,042), points responsible for (246) and total offense (4,542), setting school records and ranking third all-time in league history with his passing and total offense yardage numbers. Kelly was repsonsible for a school-record 41 touchdowns and tied Eli Manning’s best Ole Miss mark of 31 scoring passes.
The quarterback developement did not start with Kelly. Under Werner’s tutelage, Bo Wallace broke Ole Miss school records for career total offensive yards (10,478), 300-yard passing games (11), completion percentage (63.0) and pass efficiency (140.8) and went 24-15 as the Rebels’ starting quarterback. In just three years as a starter, Wallace ranked in the SEC’s top 10 all-time in total offense and passing yards.
Wallace was named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award and Davey O’Brien Award after passing for 22 touchdowns and putting up more gaudy stats in 2014. He finished fourth in the SEC in passing (245.7 ypg) and total offense (261.0). He also ranked fifth in completion percentage (60.1), passing touchdowns (22) and pass efficiency (142.2).
Wallace also excelled in 2013 under the leadership and guidance of Werner, who was a nominee for the Broyles Award that year too. Wallace finished third in the SEC and 26th nationally with 257.4 passing yards per game, and was also third in the SEC and 26th nationally in total offense with 284.7 yards per game as an individual.
As a unit, the Ole Miss offense again scored more than 30 points per game. Ole Miss broke then-school records for total offense (473.3 ypg), pass completions (310) and pass attempts (490). The Rebels ranked third in the SEC in passing offense (283.3 ypg) and fifth in total offense, while finishing top 25 in the NCAA in both categories.
In 2012, Werner helped turn around a Rebel offense that ranked at or near the bottom of the SEC in every statistical category in 2011 to rank top five in the SEC and top 50 in the nation in scoring, total offense and passing.
Wallace shined in his first year under Werner’s tutelage. The 2012 Conerly Trophy winner ranked fifth in the SEC and 45th in the NCAA in total offense (260.3 ypg), fourth in the SEC in points responsible for (14.3/game) and fifth in passing (230.3 ypg).
In his first stint in Oxford, Werner’s offense fueled BenJarvus Green-Ellis to a record-breaking two-year run. The future NFL running back became only the second player in school history to reach the 1,000-yard single-season mark twice, and he ended his tenure No. 5 on the Rebels’ career rushing list.
As quarterbacks coach, Werner developed Seth Adams from a walk-on to the SEC’s seventh-ranked passer with 1,979 yards in 2007. That year also saw future NFL receivers Mike Wallace and Shay Hodge each haul in six TD passes, while Dexter McCluster and Marshay Green were key offensive weapons.
Werner boasts three decades of coaching experience, including a total of eight years in two terms at the University of Miami when he tutored outstanding quarterbacks and directed some of the best offenses in college football.
Werner helped Miami to eight bowls, four national championship games and three national titles during his combined tenure. He also played an integral part in the development of several of the Hurricanes’ greatest QBs, including 2001 Maxwell Award winner Ken Dorsey, 1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta as well as Heisman candidates Steve Walsh and Craig Erickson.
The Miami passing game flourished under Werner’s guidance. In 2001 and 2002, Dorsey posted totals impressive enough to place high in voting for the Heisman Trophy both years. In 2004, he tutored Brock Berlin to a resurgence, as Berlin moved into the Miami record book with single-season rankings of seventh in touchdown passes, ninth in passing yards, and 10th in total offense.
Over his last five seasons (2001-05) at Miami, Hurricane quarterbacks threw for more than 14,500 yards and 114 touchdowns under Werner, giving balance to an offensive philosophy predicated on equality between the run and the pass. The 2005 Canes finished 9-3 and ranked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring offense (27.1) and pass efficiency (133.6).
Werner’s second stint in Coral Gables was preceded by a spectacular 2000 season as offensive coordinator at Murray State. He built the Racers offense into one of the most potent on the FCS level, as the team ranked 11th nationally in total offense (452 yards per game) and 13th nationally in passing yardage (276 yards per game).
Prior to his lone season at Murray State, Werner was an offensive consultant to Auburn Head Coach Tommy Tuberville during the 1999 season. Before the job at Auburn, Werner was an assistant coach at James Madison University for four seasons from 1995-98. He began his tenure at JMU as assistant head coach/quarterback coach/passing game coordinator in 1995. In 1997 he was promoted to offensive coordinator/assistant head coach. From 1991-94, Werner coached at Louisiana Tech, where he was an assistant coach in charge of running backs and inside receivers. In 1993, he was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterback coach.
Werner joined the coaching staff at UNLV in the spring of 1990. At UNLV, he was an assistant coach in charge of quarterbacks. In the fall of 1990, Werner left the college game for one season to serve as offensive line coach at Miami’s Southridge High School.
As a graduate assistant at Miami during the 1987-88 seasons, Werner worked with UM quarterbacks Steve Walsh, Craig Erickson and Gino Torretta during an era in which the Hurricanes went 23-1 and won the 1987 national championship. In 1989, he was a volunteer assistant coach working with the wide receivers on another Miami national championship team.
Werner began his college coaching career in 1986 as an assistant at Cornell University. Prior to that, Werner coached five seasons on the high school level.
Werner graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education in 1983. He attended Parkway Central High School.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 1:47 pm to TidalSurge1
Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze reacts to Dan Werner at Alabama | AL.com
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Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze on Dan Werner to Alabama: 'I hate that it's in the SEC West'
Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is happy for Dan Werner. He just wished his former offensive coordinator wasn't at SEC West foe Alabama under Nick Saban.
The Crimson Tide hired Dan Werner as an offensive analyst. The news was first reported by Fox Sports.
Werner was fired by Ole Miss in December after five years as the team's co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
"Hopefully I helped him," Freeze told The Oxford Eagle. "I don't know if I did or not. He got it, so I didn't hurt him. I think Dan is a heck of a football coach and even more of a quality man. He deserves any opportunity he gets, and I'm really happy for him. I hate that it's in the SEC West, but that tends to happen."
Freeze isn't worried, he said, about Saban and the Tide learning any nuances to the Rebels offense from the hiring. "Everything's totally new this year," Freeze said.
With Werner on staff, Ole Miss ranked fourth in the SEC in total offense in 2016 (464.8 yards per game), including first in passing (314.9 ypg). However, the Rebels have continually struggled to establish a running game, ranking 12th in the league and 97thnationally this season (149.4 ypg).
"I am grateful to Dan for his contributions to our program," Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. "His leadership and experience were invaluable in the development of our quarterbacks. These are always very difficult decisions, but at this time, I believe it is best for our program to have a fresh approach. We wish Dan and his family the very best."
Werner's departure came out at what appears to be a good time as Ole Miss continues to be target of NCAA charges of lack of institutional control.
Despite the allegations, Werner said in March that Freeze was a "stickler for compliance." It was high praise, considering Freeze fired him four months earlier.
"I have worked for 16 head coaches in my career and I ranked them 1-16 on who talked more about doing things the right way, who is encouraging and demanding the staff all the time to make sure they are abiding by NCAA rules, who is the stickler for compliance and who preached to his staff constantly about the importance of compliance, Hugh Freeze is number one," Werner said. "He would say if you break a rule, it would hurt every family in that room and that was not something he was willing to risk."
Werner has also worked at schools such as Miami and Auburn.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 1:54 pm to TidalSurge1
quote:wouldn't mind hurts and tua voluntarily working with Weinke and Werner every day of Summer
However, Commander Data recently posted this nugget in the Chris Weinke thread:
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One of the greatest uses of these "analysts" are that unlike onfield coaches, they can and do work with the kids during voluntary summer workouts. It's huge.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 8:01 pm to narddogg81
Why 2 new staff members will be assets for Alabama, Brian Daboll | AL.com
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Nick Saban discussed the two new additions to Alabama's staff for the first time Tuesday night.
The two new additions: Offensive analysts Chris Weinke and Dan Werner.
Weinke, the former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, spent the last two seasons as the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams quarterbacks coach. Werner was co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ole Miss the last five years, helping the Rebels beat the Crimson Tide two of the last three seasons.
"I think those two guys, having coached in high school and college, certainly helps a guy that's coached in the NFL (new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll) be able to balance some of the things that will help us have a well-rounded, pro-style offense that has the college elements that helps you take advantage of some of the college rules," Saban said.
Prior to joining the Rams, Weinke was the head coach at IMG Academy in Florida from 2010 to 2014, coaching high-profile players such as current Alabama standout running back Bo Scarbrough.
Weinke played seven years in the NFL.
"We've always had a lot of respect for Chris Weinke," Saban said. "The guy was a great player. He played a long time in the league. He's very knowledgeable. He's very smart. He was a great high school coach at IMG. He went to the NFL and got a couple good years of experience in the NFL. So we thought he'd bring some knowledge and experience and certainty be helpful to us off the field and helping us with game plan."
Like Weinke, Werner has an impressive resume.
Werner was the quarterbacks coach for Miami's 2001 national championship team, helped former Hurricanes quarterback Ken Dorsey twice finish as a Heisman Trophy finalist and was Miami's offensive coordinator in 2004 and 2005.
Under Werner, Ole Miss scored 43 points against Alabama each of the last two years.
"Dan Werner and Ole Miss, do I need to tell our fans or anybody on our staff the issues that we've had with their offense that last couple of years?" Saban said. "I've always had a tremendous amount of respect for what they do, how they coach it. I think it'll help us on offense and defense to have a guy around here that can add some knowledge and experience to the way they do RPOs, some of the things they did in the passing game. So I've always had a lot of respect for Dan and we're glad to have them here to help."
Posted on 3/29/17 at 8:37 pm to TidalSurge1
Assuming Weinke or Werner will be the UA qb coach by at least this time next year (10th on the field coach by then unless that changes), I wonder which it will be.
I am cautiously optimistic about Daboll at O.C., but honestly, I haven't heard about him ever coaching up a good qb, and with all these young qbs, we need it now more than any time in the last few years.
I am cautiously optimistic about Daboll at O.C., but honestly, I haven't heard about him ever coaching up a good qb, and with all these young qbs, we need it now more than any time in the last few years.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:56 am to Huddie Leadbetter
Daboll has experience working with quarterbacks and believe it or not our new analysts will spend and has spent lots of time helping and teaching Daboll how to incorporate spread concepts into his system. Weinke and Warner will be invaluable to the team this year.
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