http://memphisroar.com/2010/01/featured-co...-consideration/
For those who haven’t followed college football closely, especially for those that don’t follow coaching changes closely, there’s been a development in Conference USA. Larry Porter left LSU about six weeks ago and came home to become head coach at Memphis. For the average college football fan, that doesn’t seem like anything important, at least from a national perspective. Looking deeper, you’ll see that Porter was a running back at Memphis from 1990 to 1993. It’s a homecoming for him. For the University of Memphis football program, it’s all a start of something bigger. Years ago, Porter left the safety of home in order to become a better football coach. He coached under Les Miles at Oklahoma State. He moved on to LSU and continued to grow under Coach Miles. At LSU, he added chief recruiter to his duties as running backs coach and was awarded National Recruiter of the Year honors in 2007 and 2009.
It’s one thing to recruit successfully at a BCS school, but how will Porter elevate Memphis? Only two words are needed for illustration. Lache. Seastrunk. Yes, that name has the potential to change the fortunes of a program. Perhaps that change is already occuring. Porter was the coach that recruited Seastrunk to LSU. They have a relationship. Now Seastrunk has narrowed his list. Florida, Miami, UNC, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and others have come off. Memphis has come on. It’s better to come on late than never.