Kerry Coombs Named Special Teams Coordinator
Kerry Coombs has more reason to be enthusiastic. On Friday, Urban Meyer gave the high-energy cornerbacks coach an added promotion: special teams coordinator. Coombs will still be the cornerbacks coach.
“Kerry Coombs is an excellent coach who has a great deal of experience and expertise with special teams,” Meyer said. “He is an outstanding teacher, an excellent motivator and he has a true passion for special teams.”
Coombs, a voracious presence on the coaching staff, became a fan-favorite soon after his hiring due to an energy level that seems unmatched. He came to Ohio State from the University of Cincinnati. During his stint at UC, Coombs served three seasons as the special teams coordinator. Before his job with the Bearcats, Coombs enjoyed a successful head coaching career at powerhouse Colerain High School in Cincinnati, where he won a state championship and made a name for himself as one of the top coaches in the football-mad state.
Ohio State was the only team in the country to have two cornerbacks named first-team all-conference last season (Bradley Roby and Travis Howard). Roby set a school record with 17 pass break-ups and led the nation with 1.73 passes defended per game. Howard led the Big Ten with four interceptions.
“I am incredibly excited and honored to be given the responsibility of special teams coordinator,” Coombs said. “The special teams have always been a part of the game that I have enjoyed coaching. These plays are so critical to the success of a team, and they can really swing momentum. I look forward to having an increased role in the development of them.”
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Why isn't irony made of strawberries? I could use a smoothie right about now.
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Congrats to Coach Coombs! Can't wait to see the ENERGY brought on every special teams play in the 2013 season.
YES! Love this move! Coach Coombs is the man!
The 2012 National Champions.
If I remember right, last year all of the coaches split special teams duty? Is that why there wasn't one last year, or did someone get demoted?
On a Kerry Combs related note: Combes missed coaching Tyle Moeller for the second time by just a year. Moeller played for Colerain why Combs was the head coach.
Urban considered himself special teams coordinator. It still sounds like he will work with the punt unit.
Punting and kickoffs were not an area of strength last year. I am hoping coach Coombs improves upon UFM's 2012 results.
I'm looking forward to a WHOLE LOT more of this:
This gif is, unequivocally, the greatest thing to ever exist.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
F--- yeah! That and Tobasco sauce.
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
Kerry Coombs is excited for Kerrry Coombs.
If they were the piranhas before, I can only begin to imagine what they'll be like under his tutelage... I pity the other teams in the Big Ten (well, not really pity - they deserve everything that's coming to them, really).
If I ever have a rap album, Kerry Coombs will be my hype man.
Taquitos.
If I ever have a rap album....it' gonna really be awful.
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
I'm imagining Coombs outfit/costume. Classic Flav with a neckclock? Maybe some Professor Griff fatigues? Maybe go monocular with a Bushwick Bill slant?
Gigantic Gold Pants medallion on a chain required.
^^^+1 for large gold pants imagery.
Simple Paint and an unsteady hand:
Kerry Coombs on the outside is probably what Urban Meyer looks like on the inside.
Keep Calm and Ignore the Trolls.
I thought Meyer was always in charge of special teams? Even at UF he was. Wondering why he finally gave it up? All that being said, congrats to Coombs. I love that guy.
I imagine that the "promotion" will be a nice way for Coach Meyer to increase Coach Coombs's salary. Coach Herman may be the next staff member "promoted" in order to retain him another year.
There's a new, piranha-related nickname for Coach Coombs in there somewhere...
Speaking of piranhas - one way or another, this is going down in Pasadena in January.
"I just saw a flash of silver with that very distinctive red as well."
It's "Scarlet" you dick...
"A lot of energy, he has."
Congrats to Coach Coombs!
Coach Coombs is a boss. Definitely deserves this.
How firm thy friendship..
Me want Kerry Coombs!
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
Am I running towards the ball carrier, or from Coach Coombs? The internal debate of every special teams member this year.