You're a new coach building your staff - How would you prioritize coaching hires?

Stew Mandel had an interesting question in his mailbag on The Athletic this week (paraphrasing): How would you allocate a $10 million budget to hire a staff, including on-field coaches, performance staff, recruiting coordinators, etc.?

He responded saying that instead of working within a budget, he would provide his order of priority:

  1. Strength coach
  2. personnel director (recruiting coordinator)
  3. offensive coordinator (preferably one who's also a really good QB coach)
  4. top recruiting assistants
  5. defensive coordinator
  6. training staff and other key support staff
  7. other position coaches.

I thought this was a fascinating answer - I don't think many fans would prioritize recruiting above the DC, and I think even fewer fans would prioritize behind the scenes staff over position coaches. Strength coach is a bit of a surprise, but I've heard enough media members assert that the strength coach spends significantly more time with a player than any coach, so I'm not as surprised to read that.

What say you?

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