Mike Riley was a great hire at Oregon State, but he already had ties to Corvallis, going to middle school and high school there and quarterbacking Corvallis High to state championships while his dad was an assistant coach for the Beavers. it was Mitch Barnhart hiring Dennis Erickson that was the game changer; that is a hire that belongs on this list if not at the top.
Mike Riley was a great hire at Oregon State, but he already had ties to Corvallis, going to middle school and high school there and quarterbacking Corvallis High to state championships while his dad was an assistant coach for the Beavers. it was Mitch Barnhart hiring Dennis Erickson that was the game changer; that is a hire that belongs on this list if not at the top.
WE won the Super Bowl with Leach. GO COUGS