December 20, 2007...6:32 pm

Wow, that was close

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The USD football program came oh so close to losing another coordinator. This time, it could have been offensive headman Todd Hoffner.

Last Tuesday. Division III Wisconsin-Oshkosh passed on Hoffner and chose Pat Cerroni as its new head coach. Read this story in the Oshkosh Northwestern.

As Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s interim head coach last season, Cerroni guided the Titans to a 7-3 record and a third-place finish in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Two weeks ago, USD defensive coordinator Jim Glogowski accepted a position as head coach at Simpson College, a D-III school in Iowa.

The silver lining here is that Ed Meierkort is running such a solid program that his assistants are landing on short lists for other coaching gigs. Remember, two years ago, USD offensive guru Glenn Caruso took over D-III Macalester College.Even without a defensive coordinator, we all know Meierkort can sell anything to anyone. So I wouldn’t worry too much about this year’s recruiting class.

- - Jeremy Hoeck

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