jonny harline Wikipedia said he was a free agent. Can anyone back this up?

I talked to his parents (good family friends) just a couple of weeks ago and he broke/strained his ankle/foot real bad while playing basketball up in Seattle not too long ago so he's pretty much out for a while. They said he might try to make a team again when and if he heals up well. His particular injury has only about a 50-60% full recovery rate for power athletes like football players so it might be dicey. I hope it works out for him.

Here's my vote to make Harline a grad asst asap and eventually move him to asst receivers and tight ends coach.

With a pretty limited athletic set, the guy still knew how to get open and catch the ball, if he can impart any of that knowledge onto future players it would be a home run.

If it works even half as well as Brandon Domans hire, it would be perfect and he's definately a name when it comes to Utah as far as recruiting.

On a note for your names you've noted, I would love to see Aaaron Francisco come to the Y to coach the secondary when his NFL days are up. He's a Kahuku guy (the Hawaii connects are priceless) and one of the most cerebral players in BYU history. Considering the shelf life of a safety in the NFL and the possibility that we lose Jamie Hill in the next 3-4 years, it would be nice to have Aaron interning under Bronco (I'm assuming that Bronco would take back the defensive reigns and hire a stopgap dbs coach)

others I would be curious to see if they could coach:
Rob Morris (he's made a lot of money in his career, coaching would have to be something he wanted to come back to); NFL chops (superbowl ring)
Curtis Brown - African American LDS player with a great work ethic
Dan Coats - African American with Utah ties and NFL chops
Louis Wong - don't you think he deserves a college shot somewhere? (Van Orden could take Timpview back over until they groom a successor - preferably another BYU alum)


Coaches that are verging on retirement age: all 50 yrs old +
Barry Lamb
Lance Reynolds
Paul Tidwell
Mark Weber

Coaches that eventually will have shots at head coaching positions:
Jaime Hill
Robert Anae

The guy I'd love to have back is Cameron Jensen... if your talking future coaches. He was the heart and mind of the defense his senior year. And he knows how to motivate and lead. It just seemed like he knew the plays coming at him. Even though he didn't have all the physical pizzazz that the NFL looks for, he had the Doman attributes that I love about football players... you know, like a winning heart, and a pure love for the game.

But really... I don't wanna think of life without Jaime Hill yet. The turnaround of our defense happened the instant he stepped into Provo. I just wanna enjoy him while we have him. But having Cameron study under Hill and groomed to take over would be my vote.

BYU has the unique problem of needing to fill coaching positions with guys that can buy into the BYU (and LDS) way of doing things. I think that's one reason we're so excited that Brandon Doman has worked out so well.

I like Cam Jensen as an understudy for linebackers coach; but considering everything that Aaaron Francisco would bring to the table.... who could you see as a more viable defensive coordinator in 10-15 years?

Aaron not only has the priceless Hawaii connect (priceless seems to be an understatement as far as recruiting goes), but NFL experience that he could pass on to future players

Like I mentioned before, we have half a dozen coaches that likely won't be at BYU in a few years whether it be other opportunity or retirement.

It seems like Tom Holmore and Bronco would likely need to start considering who they could groom for those spots.

Just added a name to the list (can't believe this didn't occur to me on the last list)
What about Chad Lewis? to replace Mark Weber as Oline coach in the next few years?

the important question is how many of these guys actually want to go into coaching?