Coaches Round Table - who would you pick?

If I had the opportuntiy to sit down with 4 other coaches to pick there brains and have a lengthy conversaton with them, right now I would choose:

Urban Meyer
Gus Malzahn
Chip Kelly
Tim Murphy (HS HC)

That's an interesting list... 3 gun option/no huddle guys and... a DW coach.

HC: Pete Carroll. I know he's in the NFL, but I'm mostly interested in his USC program anyways.
OC: Toss up between Roger Barta and John Curtis.
DC: Robert Andrews, DC at Greyson HS in AL. Seen some clinic stuff he has done, really like his system.
ST: Beamer. End of discussion, imo.

Let's see;
Urban Meyer for program building
Alex Gibbs...OL play...like was said before, he probably knows more about this then anyone has forgot
Tony Dungy for leadership of men and the "Tampa 2"
Monte Kiffen for all things defensive

If I could get the Deloran going id pick Lombardi, Don Coryale, Don Faurot and Bill Walsh

Bob Ladoceur
Urban Meyer
Tony Dungy
Lochness (his comments are hilarious and everyone knows he is pretty damn knowledgeable)

HC:DE LA SALLE CONCORD , CA
DC:PHANTOM/DCOHIO/BLUBOY they have help me increase my footballl savy
OC:MALAZHAN
ST:BEAMER VTECH

- Larry Kerehs, Mount Union College HC on developing a program that is so consistently good (IMO as consistently good at his level as anyone else has been able to develop)
-Saban, his focus and attention to detail are just Insane, and I feel like his defensive players make more plays on the ball in the air than anyone else...like to know drills, tips, etc..
-Rush Propst, on HS program development
-Tony Dungy on developing quality people.

A close 5th would be Lane Kiffin, on why he is such a tool.

If I could have a time machine I would talk to Erk Russel from GA Southern about building a program from scratch and somehow getting kids to take pride in swamp water and yellow school buses that still brings about a toughness and nastiness thirty years later that you might not find anywhere else in college football.

Chris Petersen - I would love to know how he does it year in and year out, the execution, the recruiting, the machine like efficiency , everything!

Barry Switzer - I think it would be a kick in the behind to chat with him.

Dick Tomey - Desert Swarm Defense.

Chris Ault - He's a HOF'er. Bet he's forgotten more that most coaches know.

Irregardless dead or alive?Vince Lombardi. You probably don't know who Vince is if you didn't include him
Tom Landry, The engineer of America's Team. Heard him speak at a clinic before he passe. He's actually hilarious and SO knowledgable.
Bear Bryant, On how to take chicken $hit and turn it into chicken salad.
Bill Walsh, The ultimate organizer and stickler for doing things exactly correct


Alive?
My reasons for the following should be obvious if you've followed the game.

Bill Parcells
Chris Peterson
Jim Tressel
Bob Ladoceur

WORD on DeLeone........awesome coach.


Rob Reade might have a little insight into your favorite play too......


Can I add Bill Williams? No one has mentioned him yet.

Jim Tressel - Just knows how to get people to buy into his program.
Tony Dungy - Makes players into better people in so many ways.
Mike Martz - Growing up as a Rams fan, watching what he did with the Greatest Show on Turf still baffles me today. Would love to hear his ideas and philosophies on the offensive side of the ball.
Alex Gibbs - Offensive line genius, enough said. Like has been stated already, probably forgot more about football when he woke up this morning than most people know.

Others would have to be Gus Malzahn, Bob Ladoceur, Brian Kelly and Chip Kelly.

Holtz was raised in Ohio, born somewhere else though (I think WV)...I completely forgot about Don Shula which is odd because I almost went to John Carroll. You could also add Jon Gruden into that bunch, while Ohio is a dying state they have produced some pretty good coaches...unfortunately I ruined that streak!!!

Believe it or not my old HS coaches are still coaching. I'd include them but there's no need since I talk to them a couple of times a year. Here are a few, living and dead, who I'd love to talk to:

1. Lombardi- I'm a lifelong Packers fan plus, hell, they named the trophy after the guy.
2. Rockne- Dude lost 12-count 'em-12 games in his entire career.
3. Eddie Robinson- Talk about building a program, this guy literally built Grambling's plus built
a lot of men.
4. Bryant
5. Fritz Shurmur- Old GB DC had a great reputation for tayloring his defenses around the
available talent.
6. Buddy and Rex Ryan- Learn a lot about football and have a lot of fun.

Oh hell yeah... Rex Ryan cracks me up.

Great idea for a thread!

Though there are tons of college coaches I'd like to sit down with, ie Lou Holtz, Paul Johnson, Ken Neomotololo (sp?)
High School coaches would probably be more relevant to me.

1. Gordon Elliott - Auburn HS, WA: 3-3 stud. Does consulting for Oregon State and Washington on their nickel packages. Also a unique double wing package guy. Found him at Glazier last year.
2. Bruce Kay - Cary-Grove HS, IL: 3-3 stud. Flexbone triple option guru. They won the state title in '09. No BS guy who is also the school AD.
3. Brian Stortz - Lake Zurich HS, IL: Another 3-3 guy with a similar offense to mine (double wing jet sweep). Has quietly become one of the top IL high school programs. Runners up this year.
4. Mike Lalor - Stillman Valley HS, IL: public school who has won 4 state titles since '99. Runners up this year in a close one. Just gotta know how he does it!