Great Hire, Adam is a good man.

Two things I expect in a head coach hired at a successful big school program like Cooper:

1. Prior head coaching experience.

2. Working in the school building.

I believe this is a very good hire for Cooper, and I think Coach Begley will do a great job. Having been at the high school level at Cooper for the past four years, he already understands the program and many of the things that helped make the program successful under Coach Borchers.

While he may not have as much varsity coaching experience as some candidates, he has been around the game for a long time. He is also extremely organized and experienced in overseeing and managing things the right way. By hiring from within, Cooper also gives itself a much better chance to retain a large portion of the current assistant staff and keep the program moving forward with continuity. If they had gone outside the program, there’s a good chance many of those assistants may have moved on as well.

Another big positive is the relationships Coach Begley already has with many of the players from coaching them in youth football and at the freshman level. That familiarity should help provide stability within the program and strengthen the connection with the youth pipeline moving forward.

Congratulations to Coach Begley!

Congrats Coach Begley!

I am also hearing Tyler Morgan will be the new AD so I assume Coach Begley and Tyler Morgan get along well. 

18 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Two things I expect in a head coach hired at a successful big school program like Cooper:

1. Prior head coaching experience.

2. Working in the school building.

I would also say the toxic culture created by some parents at Cooper probably did not help the search process either, especially with the timing being so late. Coach Borchers is very well respected throughout the coaching community, and when coaches around the area see how some parents acted toward a coach who built that program from the ground up and led it to three state title games — including back-to-back appearances recently — it can definitely become a turn off.

Despite all the success, there were still complaints from some parents who believed their child should have been the star or receiving more attention. Situations like that can absolutely be a turnoff for experienced head coaches who are already in good positions elsewhere and considering whether they want to step into that environment.

With all that said I think Cooper made a good hire here. Coach Begley has been under and learned from Borchers these last 4 years, he knows these players, can keep the staff intact, knows the families. I am excited to see how he will do.  

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

I am also hearing Tyler Morgan will be the new AD so I assume Coach Begley and Tyler Morgan get along well. 

I have heard the same about Morgan. 

4 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I have heard the same about Morgan. 

Tyler is a young, motivated coach who wants stuff done the right way. I think this will be a great hire for AD. I’m not familiar with the new HC, but love the AD hire. 

Congrats to Coach Begley, but I'd be a little concerned with the lack of varsity coaching experience. 

Also, the article states that he founded the middle school program which I am pretty sure is inaccurate. I believe Chuck Hendrix founded the Union Jaguars. 

Either way, congrats to him and good luck! Interested to see who he gets to join his staff.

Tyler Morgan is the new AD.