After the disaster hire IMO of Greg Robinson...Mack Brown has followed up with 2 solid hires. Already reported Army DC Jay Bateman but now also Phil Longo (NJ guy and Ole Miss OC). .
Just moving closer to NJ so Rutgers can hire him as HC.
What a resume (from his Sam Houston bio):
Offensive coordinator Phil Longo has fashioned an up-tempo Sam Houston offense that is smashing records. The past two seasons the Bearkats have produced 15,128 yards total offense. That figure translates into eight and two-third miles of yards gained. In 31 games in 2014 and 2015, Sam Houston has averaged 488 yards and 37.8 points per contest.
The Bearkats’ 7,975 yards was a Southland Conference season record and ranked third all-time in NCAA Division I FCS history. Sam Houston led the nation in total offense and first downs per game. Other FCS stat rankings included No. 5 in scoring, No. 9 in rushing offense, No. 14 in third down conversions, No. 16 in passing offense and No. 18 in yards per completion.
The 1,275 plays run by Longo’s offense in 2016 also is a league record. Three times in the past two seasons, Sam Houston has run more than 100 plays in a game including a school record 118 plays in last year’s NCAA opening round victory over Southern Utah.
In 2014, Longo’s attack led the Southland in rushing and red zone offense and ranked among the top 25 FCS teams nationally in scoring, rushing and total offense.
During Longo’s two seasons on head coach K. C. Keeler’s staff, the Kats have posted a 22-9 record, reached the NCAA Division I Football National Championship semifinals twice and won the Southland Conference championship in 2014.
Sam Houston won the 2014 Southland Conference championship during an 11-5 season that saw the Kats advance to the FCS semifinals in playoff games with victories over three top 10-ranked opponents. Fifteen Bearkat offensive players earned All-Southland Conference honors. Sam Houston posted 10 offensive single game and season records and produced the Southland Offensive “Player of the Year” and the “Offensive Lineman of the Year” in 2015.
Longo joined head coach K. C. Keeler’s staff early in 2014 after serving as an assistant at Slippery Rock, Youngstown State, Southern Illinois, Minnesota-Duluth, LaSalle and William Paterson University.
As offensive coordinator at Slippery Rock, his “Air Raid” offense led the 16-team Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in scoring and total offense, averaging 43.3 points and 536.5 yards. The no-huddle attack finished fourth nationally in total offense, sixth in passing offense and eighth in both scoring and first downs.
Regarded as an outstanding recruiter and quarterback coach, Longo has mentored two Harlon Hill Trophy finalists, Nigel Barksdale at Slippery Rock and Ted Schafke at Minnesota-Duluth.
Longo joined the SRU staff in 2011 as wide receivers coach. He took over as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach in 2012. The Rock averaged 34.8 points and 407.3 total yards per game that year.
At Youngstown State in 2010, Longo served as receivers coach, tutoring first-team all-conference Dominique Barnes. A free agent signee with Detroit in the NFL, Barnes set a school record by catching a pass in 34 consecutive games and finished his career ranked second in school history in receptions.
Longo spent two seasons as offensive coordinator at Southern Illinois University, helping the program post a 15-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference record and back-to-back conference championships. SIU was 20-5 overall during Longo's tenure as offensive coordinator.
The Salukis finished seventh in FCS scoring in 2009, averaging 34.0 points per game. Running back Deji Karim finished third in the Walter Payton Award balloting after rushing for 1,694 yards and 18 touchdowns. In Longo’s first season with the Salukis, his offense feature a 1,000-yard rusher in Larry Warner and a passing game that ranked No. 2 in the conference.
As offensive coordinator at Minnesota-Duluth in 2006 and 2007, Longo tutored quarterback Ted Schlafke who set all of the school’s passing records and led Minnesota-Duluth to the 2008 NCAA Division II national title.
As head coach at LaSalle, Longo produced two conference offensive players of the year, five All-Americans and 13 all-conference selections. His 2004 team ranked second in FCS national total offense and established 19 school records.
Longo served as associate head coach and offensive coordinator at William Paterson University in 2000-01. The Pioneer offense ranked among the top attacks in NCAA Division III football and finished with the third-highest scoring average in school history. The team produced 33 school records.
Before entering the college coaching ranks, Longo was the winningest coach in school history at Parsippany Hills High School in Troy, New Jersey. In 1999, his team competed in and won the 11th highest scoring game in the history of high school football in the U.S. Longo earned NJ Star Ledger and Daily Record Coach of the Year honors in 1998-99 and was awarded the Sportsmanship, Ethics & Integrity Award by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
A running back for SHSU head coach K. C. Keeler at Rowan University from 1988 to 1991, Longo was a member of the school’s first New Jersey Athletic Conference championship and NCAA Division III playoff team. The New Jersey native earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Rowan in 1992.
Longo and his wife Tanya are the parents of daughters Gianna and Macaria.
