was Big Matt's BDay a week or so ago..............
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has been in coaching for a long time now and has seen a lot of other coaches in action. During that time, one coach who has stood out to him for his ability to do more with less is Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State.
During an appearance on The Herd, Rhule explained why he thinks so highly of Gundy.
“I don’t know him personally very well, but I always thought Mike Gundy did more with not as much as everybody else,” Matt Rhule said. “Never had, like, the four- and five-star recruiting classes, but like, he was gonna find a way to win nine, 10, 11 games every year, and every game that you went into, you know, you thought you were a step ahead of him and then bang, he was a step ahead of you. I think he’s one of the great coaches in college football that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition.”
While Rhule doesn’t know Gundy personally, he has competed against him directly. That goes back to when Rhule was reviving the Baylor program. In those years, Rhule’s Baylor teams were 2-1 against Gundy’s Oklahoma State teams.