Pete Thamel, ESPN
San Jose State is concentrated on former Navy head trainer Ken Niumatalolo as the college’s then head trainer, resources advised ESPN.
Resources advised ESPN {that a} offer is predicted to return in combination throughout the then 48 hours. Niumatalolo brings intensive head training revel in however will range his offense, as resources advised ESPN that he’s no longer anticipated to run the triple choice at San Jose Environment.
Resources stated that Niumatalolo will prioritize hiring a younger body of workers that comes with an offensive coordinator who’ll deliver some form of wide-open and pass-heavy machine.
Niumatalolo is Army’s all-time winningest trainer, as he went 109-83 in his 15 complete seasons there.
San Jose Environment athletic director Jeff Konya sought an skilled head trainer who may raise at the momentum from former trainer Brent Brennan. He’d led San Jose Environment to bowl video games in 3 of the extreme 4 seasons. Konya additionally aimed to progress temporarily later Brennan left for Arizona on Tuesday.
With the anticipated after rent of Niumatalolo within the close date, Konya seems to have completed either one of the quest’s number one targets. With the San Jose gamers eligible to exit into the switch portal, Konya has moved rapidly to deliver in a trainer who will deliver each steadiness, optic and revel in.
San Jose Environment’s candidate lake prioritized coaches with head training revel in, and Niumatalolo has enough of that from his Army tenure. He coached 192 video games at Army, together with 11 bowl appearances and 8 seasons with 8 or extra wins.
In all probability maximum notable for the Army trainer, he had a 10-5 file towards Military, essentially the most wins through any trainer within the sequence. Niumatalolo’s 109 profession wins ruthless that he’ll set in as one of the crucial achieved and revered coaches within the Mountain West, as best Bronco Mendenhall (135), Troy Calhoun (130) and Jeff Tedford (127) have extra profession wins.
In 2015, Army went 11-2 beneath Niumatalolo with a 7-1 file within the American Athletic Convention and blew out Pittsburgh within the Army Bowl. In 2016, Army beat Notre Dame and reached the AAC identify recreation, dropping to Matt Rhule’s Temple crew.
Niumatalolo, 58, is predicted to tailor his body of workers round younger power and West Coast ties. San Jose Environment officers prioritized a wide-open machine, which channels the Bay Branch’s recruiting sources of sturdy quarterbacks and talent place gamers. That suggests a possible offensive coordinator rent who’ll mark a machine pivot for Niumatalolo.
He’s a former quarterback at Hawaii who started his training profession there and in addition labored at UNLV from 1999-2001. He additionally brings sturdy nationwide recruiting ties, as Army forged a large web for its gamers.
San Jose Environment gained the Mountain West identify beneath Brennan in 2020. He led them to a few of the college’s 11 general bowl births, which integrated the Hawaii Bowl this season and the Well-known Idaho Potato Bowl extreme past.
Niumatalolo’s role at UCLA in 2023 integrated the identify director of management. He spoke overtly about getting to UCLA to be told the nuances of the switch portal and NIL to organize him for every other head training alternative.
Niumatalolo stated in an interview with The Athletic in June that one more reason he was at UCLA was once finding out Chip Kelly’s offense, as Niumatalolo overtly stated he couldn’t run the choice at his then head training restrain.
“Not only am I learning portal and NIL stuff, but you get to learn Chip’s stuff,” he stated in that June interview. “There’s a lot of things coming here. I recognize there are only three schools running the option. For me coming here, it allows me, if there is an opportunity, coming here will provide some things that may help me if I look toward the future.” –
