Oregon: College Football HC Pegged as Potential OC Candidate

The Oregon Ducks have one of the bigger job openings in college football after firing offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer on Sunday.

With Maryland, Baylor, and NC State as the only Power 4 head coaching jobs open currently, the OC vacancy of the Ducks is one of the better positions in college football for a coach looking to boost their resume.

Would that job catch the eye of a head coach at a Group of 6 school?

Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire placed North Texas head coach Neal Brown on his hot board list for potential offensive coordinators at Oregon. Brown is in his first season at North Texas, taking over the job after Eric Morris became the head coach at Oklahoma State.

The Mean Green are 6-2 and have an exciting offense. North Texas is averaging 505 yards per game, which is No. 3 in the country and has the No. 4 scoring offense, averaging 39.8 yards per contest.

Brown went 35-16 during his four seasons at Troy before taking over the head coach job at West Virginia in 2019. He went 37-35 during his six seasons with the Mountaineers. He's 77-53 as a head coach and 5-1 in bowl games. Troy won the Sun Belt in 2017.

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