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A&M Names Sherman Head Football Coach Save Email Print
Posted: 11:14 AM Nov 26, 2007
 Last Updated: 8:07 AM Nov 27, 2007
 Reporter: KBTX Staff/Associated Press
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Fewer than three days after Dennis Franchione announced his resignation as Texas A&M head football coach, the Aggies announced Friday Houston Texans assistant head coach Mike Sherman would take over.

Sherman, 52, also worked for six seasons as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He has spent the past two seasons as an assistant on Gary Kubiak's staff. Kubiak is a former A&M quarterback.

Sherman also has ties to A&M. He was the Aggies offensive line coach from 1989-93 and 1995-96 under R.C Slocum. Kubiak was A&M's running backs coach in 1992-93.

Sherman will not join the Aggies until the conclusion of the 2007 NFL season because he is under contractual obligation with the Texans.

He has agreed to a seven-year contract that will pay him $1.8 million annually.

Byrne said Sherman impressed him when the coach said he wanted less than Franchione was paid. Byrne said that would allow Sherman to have more available resources to hire assistant coaches.

Franchione took a contract buyout and stepped down Friday, less than an hour after the Aggies beat Texas 38-30.

Defensive coordinator Gary Darnell was named interim coach Saturday for the Aggies for their bowl game.

The Aggies are expecting an invitation Sunday.
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Posted by: Dan Location: College Station on Dec 2, 2007 at 10:22 PM
For goodness sakes folks, Franchione got a better send off than he deserved considering the way he left Alabama in the middle of the night and he had the audacity to talk about how he cared for his players, yea right! Maybe now the offensive coaches can do their job, we certainly saw a hint of things to come in the Texas game since they were finally allowed to do the play calling. Sherman has my vote and so does Byrne. Let's just focus on the positives here. Fran is gone and the Aggies have a coach that cares and oh yea a professional too! Good luck Coach Sherman the 12th man is here for you.
Posted by: Roger Location: Corpus Christi on Nov 28, 2007 at 05:10 PM
I don't know a whole lot on coaches and who would have been best for the job. But I can say we have to also look at what Bryne has done for the rest of Aggie Sports. Basketball, Baseball, Track, and all the others. Let's just hope that Sherman is a good pick and will turn the Football Department around.
Posted by: D. Location: College Station on Nov 27, 2007 at 08:39 AM
To publicize a university to potential donors and students, wouldn't it be more effective for the media to interview outstanding students that have a 4.0 GPA? Having the #1 football team should be at the bottom of the priority list! The former students just want to have the #1 team so they can say, "How 'bout those Aggies?" How retarded! A&M will continue to be a mediocre university if it continues to put sports as a top priority. Tear down Kyle field, and build a parking garage. Take the huge salaries of all the A&M coaches, and the ridiculous sports expenses, and put it back into the budget so students can afford to attend college.
Posted by: Latinjarhead Location: College Station on Nov 26, 2007 at 09:43 PM
Head Coach-- Mike Sherman Def. Coord-- Bob Davie ??? Linebackers- Dat Nguyen ??? Off. Coord-- Kevin Sumlin
Posted by: Jim Location: DE on Nov 26, 2007 at 07:49 PM
My Football Performance plots indicate that Mike Sherman could be an excellent choice for Texas A&M. Slocum was an excellent coach with an 80% wins his first 7 years and 60% wins his last 7 years. My Football Performance Plots show that most chages in a coaches performance correspond to changes in assistant coaches. (Assistant Coaches are an important component determining a teams performance.) Mike Shermans leaving A&M and being replaced by a less effective coach could be a large factor in Slocum's performance drop for his last 7 years. While Slocum's performance change ocured as the same time as A&M's switch from the southwest conference to the big 12, the performance change can be attributed to changes in assistant coaches because my performance plots show that this is the cause in so many other cases.
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 26, 2007 at 06:11 PM
"Byrne said Sherman impressed him when the coach said he wanted less than Franchione was paid. Byrne said that would allow Sherman to have more available resources to hire assistant coaches." ................... At $1.8 million a year, he may need to go on food stamps.
Posted by: jery Location: aggie on Nov 26, 2007 at 06:03 PM
mike sherman= bill callahan= couldn't afford tuberville= spurrier didnt care about a&m= another fran= bill bryne fired
Posted by: Anonymous Location: Madisonville on Nov 26, 2007 at 03:43 PM
I think that it's safe to say that Byrne didn't make a decision over night to higher Mike Sherman. You know that he was looking to replace Fran after the embarrassing loss on national television against Miami. The "secret" newsletter was just fuel to the fire to allow justification for letting Fran go instead of saying it's because he couldn't win games. I think that Bryne should have taken a little more time in his official "search" but does it really surprise you that he acted so quickly? Time will tell wether or not he made a good decision.
Posted by: Robin Location: Bryan on Nov 26, 2007 at 03:07 PM
Welcome back to Aggieland, Coach Sherman!
Posted by: Anonymous Location: Madisonville on Nov 26, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Well a new era in Aggie football begins with Mike Sherman. I was a fan of Fran but agree that he didn't perform to expectations. I was a fan of Slocum but he couldn't get us back into Big XII contention. I can only hope that Mike Sherman falls into the success story of Pete Carroll and not that of Bill Callahan. Gig Em and good luck next year Aggies.
Posted by: Perry Location: Caldwell on Nov 26, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Byrne was impressed because Sherman wanted less pay than Franchione. I hope that is not the mark of something less than acceptable. Byrne better hope this one pans out or he will be searching as well. I would be impressed with Byrne if he would man up and admit he knew of the letters Fran was sending out. If he honestly did not then he is not on top of his game. I am afraid that quick decisions on a new hire in this case could burn Byrne. I do hope that this is successful and wish the Ags and new coach success. I just have more concerns over the ethics of Byrne.
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