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"the most valuable free agent in college football is a 60-year-old assistant coach."
"Knowles reached the pinnacle of college football by starting at the very bottom. In his playing days, he was a defensive end for Cornell, whose last claimed national championship came the year World War II began. After he graduated, Knowles followed a traditional Ivy League career path, leaving football entirely to work on Wall Street.
“He tried finance,” said David Cutcliffe, the coach who hired Knowles to lead his defenses at Ole Miss and Duke. “And he was miserable.”
So Knowles put his smarts to use in another way. When he returned to the gridiron, coaching defenses at lower-rung schools like Cornell and Western Michigan—eventually doing a stint as head coach at his alma mater—he had to find ways to snuff out offenses without access to top-shelf talent.
That’s when the mad scientist truly began experimenting. He designed schemes built to do exactly what sophisticated financial algorithms are supposed to manage: Spot inefficiencies and ruthlessly capitalize on them."
"After Ohio State failed to finalize his contract extension before the national championship game, Knowles put out feelers for other opportunities. While he mulled his options, Ohio State asked him not to attend the parade for the title he’d helped them win."
"College Football’s Most Valuable Free Agent Is a 60-Year-Old ‘Mad Scientist’
"Knowles reached the pinnacle of college football by starting at the very bottom. In his playing days, he was a defensive end for Cornell, whose last claimed national championship came the year World War II began. After he graduated, Knowles followed a traditional Ivy League career path, leaving football entirely to work on Wall Street.
“He tried finance,” said David Cutcliffe, the coach who hired Knowles to lead his defenses at Ole Miss and Duke. “And he was miserable.”
So Knowles put his smarts to use in another way. When he returned to the gridiron, coaching defenses at lower-rung schools like Cornell and Western Michigan—eventually doing a stint as head coach at his alma mater—he had to find ways to snuff out offenses without access to top-shelf talent.
That’s when the mad scientist truly began experimenting. He designed schemes built to do exactly what sophisticated financial algorithms are supposed to manage: Spot inefficiencies and ruthlessly capitalize on them."
"After Ohio State failed to finalize his contract extension before the national championship game, Knowles put out feelers for other opportunities. While he mulled his options, Ohio State asked him not to attend the parade for the title he’d helped them win."
"College Football’s Most Valuable Free Agent Is a 60-Year-Old ‘Mad Scientist’
