College Confidential

Glasgow returning to TCU; Haverty, Burns likely changing roles

Former TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow is returning to the Horned Frogs’ staff, according to several sources at the school.
Glasgow was Texas Tech’s defensive coordinator this season after being hired away from TCU last spring. Glasgow, who coached TCU safeties for nine seasons, will likely coach the safeties again, but his title and role could be expanded.
Trey Haverty, who coached the Frogs’ safeties in 2011, will move to receivers coach. Haverty, who was a graduate assistant at TCU from 2007 to ’09, was an All-American receiver at Texas Tech from 2001-04.
Rusty Burns, who has coached TCU’s receivers the last three seasons, will move to quarterbacks and will likely be promoted to co-offensive coordinator, alongside Jarrett Anderson.
Justin Fuente, who coached Frogs’ quarterbacks and was the co-coordinator the last three seasons, took the head job at Memphis in early December.
TCU coach Gary Patterson did not return a phone call Tuesday and has said he would wait to announce staff changes until after the season. TCU defeated Louisiana Tech 31-24 in the Poinsettia Bowl two weeks ago.

-- Stefan Stevenson
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
@FollowtheFrogs 

 

TCU co-OC Justin Fuente tapped for Memphis job, Patterson confirms

TCU co-offensive coordinator Justin Fuente will be announced as Memphis’ head coach at noon today, Gary Patterson confirmed late Wednesday.
The Memphis job opened up after Larry Porter was fired after the Tigers lost Nov. 26. Porter went 3-21 in two seasons.
Fuente, 35, who was named co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2009 after serving two season as the Frogs’ running backs coach, helped set new standards for TCU offense the last three seasons. The offense set school records for yards and points scored in 2009 and 2010 behind Fuente and co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Jarrett Anderson.
TCU’s 2011 offense, behind first-year starting quarterback Casey Pachall, has put up similar numbers. The ’11 offense is averaging 444 yards and 41.7 points a game. Last year, the Frogs averaged 476.8 yards and 41.6 points with quarterback Andy Dalton and a slew of senior receivers.
Fuente came to TCU after six seasons at Illinois State, including the last three as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Fuente grew up in Tulsa, played quarterback at Oklahoma for two years before transferring to and graduating from Murray State.
Fuente has been rumored for other jobs in the past, including interviewing for the LSU offensive coordinator opening last year.

-- Stefan Stevenson
@FollowtheFrogs