Bob Nielson -New South Dakota Football Head Coach

[Yote 53]

http://goyotes.com/news/2015/12/14/FB_1214155957.aspx?path=football

[mmiller_34]

Really good get for the Yotes. Very very interesting

[BISON Thunder]

Solid hire...congrat's South Dakota!

[Green1]

Nice hire, S.D.!

[centennial]

Wow. Sucks for WIU. Doesn't happen often when a head coach switches in the same conference.

[Twentysix]

Agreed on all accounts. Super weird and great hire.

[ST_Lawson]

Wow. Sucks for WIU. Doesn't happen often when a head coach switches in the same conference.

Yup, second time in my time following the team that it's happened.

The last time WIU lost a successful coach to an in-conference rival, we then proceeded to go 41-18 over the next 5 years and make the playoffs 3 times. Years 4 and 5 (so...new coach's players and schemes) were the best offenses Western has ever had.

Also, that coach that left, he'd end up coaching for 7 years with only one winning season, going 34-43 overall, and never making the playoffs again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Ball

[Gil Dobie]

Nice job by the Yotes.

[leatherneck177]

Ouch, this hurts a ton. I'm assuming this recruiting class will be in the can as well.

Would love to know the story behind this.

[Gil Dobie]

Ouch, this hurts a ton. I'm assuming this recruiting class will be in the can as well.

Would love to know the story behind this.

Hearing issues with the state on pension and benefits.

[leatherneck177]

Hearing issues with the state on pension and benefits.

Well I wouldn't be surprised about that at all. That issue won't help us land any quality coaches going forward if the issues looms that large.

[Laker]

This should be a good hire for USD. He did a heck of a job with two national D2 titles at UMD.