导出博客文章PHILADELPHIA -- Temple turned to the Minister of Mayhem to keep its football
renaissance alive.The Owls hired Florida defensive coordinator Geoff Collins on
Tuesday, plucking one of the SECs top defensive minds to become their fourth
coach in the last eight seasons.Collins will replace Matt Rhule, who left the
Philadelphia-based school last week for Baylor after leading the 23rd-ranked
Owls to consecutive double-digit victory seasons and the American Athletic
Conference championship this year.Rhule was at Temple for four seasons and
brought the program to new heights, including consecutive bowl bids for the
first time in school history.Collins, 45, has been with the Gators for two
seasons and before that was defensive coordinator at Mississippi State. The
Gators defense has ranked in the top-10 in the country in each of Collins two
seasons in Gainesville.We will compete for championships, we will provide a
world-class student-athlete experience and education, and we will represent the
community with pride, Collins said.A Georgia native and former player a Western
Carolina, Collins has spent most of coaching career in the South. He spent one
season (1996) at Fordham in New York and two seasons (1997-98) at Division III
Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania early in his career.Collins also had
stints at Georgia Tech, Alabama, Central Florida and Florida International. He
became defensive coordinator for the first time at Mississippi State under coach
Dan Mullen and was part of some of the schools most successful teams.Theyre
going to get a guy that motivates players, a guy that really understands the
game and understands both sides of the ball, not just the defensive side,
Florida coach Jim McElwain said. Hes done a great job of studying the offensive
side and the things that it takes there. A relentless, competitive recruiter,
and a guy thats now been around at some places to see how he can establish his
own kind of way of doing things.Collins once described his defensive philosophy
as a little bit crazy, which helped stick him with the Mayhem nickname.Were
really excited about the opportunity for him and his family at Temple, McElwain
said. Its a place thats really done a great job, and hell carry that on.The Owls
are counting on Collins to keep the program humming alone as one of the best in
the AAC. Rhule worked wonders at Temple and the Owls (10-2) are poised to win 11
games for the first time in program history with a win over Wake Forest in the
Dec. 27 Military Bowl. Rhule won a combined 20 games in his last seasons --
Temple won 20 games total from 1998-2006 and was winless in 2005.Rhule was an
assistant under Al Golden, who orchestrated the heavy lifting that led the Owls
to a bowl game. Rhule returned to the program in 2013 as the head coach
following Steve Addazios two-year stint.Temple assistant Ed Foley will coach the
Owls in the bowl.The guy that takes this program over is taking over a program
in phenomenal shape, Foley said.The Owls have become a feeder program of sorts
and Golden (who left for Miami) and Rhule both proved that winning in Philly can
lead to a Power Five gig. Thats a career target for Collins as much as taking
Temple to any late December bowl game.While the program has seen results
skyrocket on the field, fan support remains apathetic.Collins will lead a
program that plays in the NFL stadium Lincoln Financial Field. The schools drive
for a 35,000-seat stadium appears to be stalled.The $126 million plan has
generated controversy since February, when Temples board of trustees approved a
feasibility study, hired architects and tore down apartments on university land
near campus.Rhule was as much as a rah-rah booster of the program as he was as
coach, helping the Owls stay visible in a crowded Philly sports landscape. Rhule
helped resurrect from Temple from the brink of extinction -- first as an
assistant, then as head coach -- and led the Owls into the AP Top 25 last year
for the first time since 1979. The Owls returned to the Top 25 this season and
won their first conference championship since 1967.Collins now his turn to try
and keep the Owls perched there.---AP sports writers Ralph D. Russo in New York
and Mark Long contributed to this report.---More college football
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