San Diego Newpaper mentions Hauck interviewing in MT

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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/sd-sp-azfoot-bobby-hauck-montana-head-coach-1128-story.html

 

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San Diego Union-Tribune
By: Kirk Kenney

San Diego State special teams coordinator Bobby Hauck could be returning to his roots.
According to 406mtsports.com, Hauck flew to Missoula, Mont., on Sunday night planning to interview this week for the vacant head coach position at Montana. The Grizzlies last week fired head coach Bob Stitt. Hauck’s name immediately came up as a candidate to replace him.

Hauck, 53, has deep roots in the state. He was born in Missoula, grewup in Big Timber and is a Montana graduate. He was head coach there from 2003-09, compiling a record of 80-17.

Hauck guided the Grizzlies to at least a share of the Big Sky Conference championship all seven seasons and took them to the FCS national championship game three times He left Montana in 2010 to become head coach at UNLV, where he spent five seasons before being fired. Hauck was hired as special teams coordinator at SDSU in 2015 and added the title associate head coach a year later.

At SDSU, Hauck’s special teams have had tremendous success. The Aztecs lead the FBS since 2015 with nine kick returns for touchdowns. They also have two punt return TDs during that span.
When Hauck was promoted to associate head coach in February of 2016, he said: “For Coach Long to make that gesture and give me a little more responsibility and what would be deemed a promotion is gratifying.

“I’ve been re-invigorated. I’ve had the rare opportunity to work with a guy that you see completely eye-to-eye with and really believe in and agree with his approach to doing things.”
At the time, Hauck said he would like to be a head coach again some day. But he did not want to jump to just any job.

His approach was to “be happy where you’re at and if something else arises that’s worth looking at, then I guess you do that. But it’s a lot harder to leave when you’re enamored with the place you’re working and the people you’re working with.”

Perhaps going home would make it easier.

 

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San Diego Union-Tribune
By: Kirk Kenney

San Diego State special teams coordinator Bobby Hauck could be returning to his roots.
According to 406mtsports.com, Hauck flew to Missoula, Mont., on Sunday night planning to interview this week for the vacant head coach position at Montana. The Grizzlies last week fired head coach Bob Stitt. Hauck’s name immediately came up as a candidate to replace him.

Hauck, 53, has deep roots in the state. He was born in Missoula, grewup in Big Timber and is a Montana graduate. He was head coach there from 2003-09, compiling a record of 80-17.

Hauck guided the Grizzlies to at least a share of the Big Sky Conference championship all seven seasons and took them to the FCS national championship game three times He left Montana in 2010 to become head coach at UNLV, where he spent five seasons before being fired. Hauck was hired as special teams coordinator at SDSU in 2015 and added the title associate head coach a year later.

At SDSU, Hauck’s special teams have had tremendous success. The Aztecs lead the FBS since 2015 with nine kick returns for touchdowns. They also have two punt return TDs during that span.
When Hauck was promoted to associate head coach in February of 2016, he said: “For Coach Long to make that gesture and give me a little more responsibility and what would be deemed a promotion is gratifying.

“I’ve been re-invigorated. I’ve had the rare opportunity to work with a guy that you see completely eye-to-eye with and really believe in and agree with his approach to doing things.”
At the time, Hauck said he would like to be a head coach again some day. But he did not want to jump to just any job.

His approach was to “be happy where you’re at and if something else arises that’s worth looking at, then I guess you do that. But it’s a lot harder to leave when you’re enamored with the place you’re working and the people you’re working with.”

Perhaps going home would make it easier.

These quotes from Hauck himself should put alot of speculation as to why he wants this position to rest.