It's official! Welcome, Dana Holgorsen!

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An OSU official confirmed on Friday that University of Houston offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen has agreed to join the Cowboy staff.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OSU/article.aspx?subjectid=93&articleid=20100115_93_0_Aftert270501&rss_lnk=93

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And here's the official OSU announcement, from okstate.com:

http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011510aab.html

Jan. 15, 2010

STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy has announced the hiring of Dana Holgorsen as the Cowboys' new offensive coordinator. Holgorsen spent the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Houston.

Prior to his stint in Houston, he was on the staff at Texas Tech from 2000 through 2007.

"We're elated that Dana is joining our staff," Gundy said. "He has a great pedigree, and a history of success. We're excited about what he brings to the OSU football program."

Over the past two years at Houston, Holgorsen and the Cougars put up explosive offensive numbers. Under his direction, the Cougars ended the 2009 season as the national leader in total offense with 563 yards per game, scoring offense with 42.2 points per game, and passing offense with 433.7 yards per game.

"I am extremely excited about the opportunity to work with Coach Gundy and his program at OSU," Holgorsen said. "I want to thank head coach Kevin Sumlin and the University of Houston for my time in Houston. It's great to be a part of the Oklahoma State family and to be back in the Big 12."

A native of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, who played at Iowa Wesleyan, Holgorsen has been in the coaching ranks since 1993. During his stay in Lubbock, his various titles included inside receivers coach, co-offensive coordinator, and eventually offensive coordinator (2005 through 2007) and quarterbacks coach. Over that period of time, the Red Raiders increased their offensive numbers from 324.8 yards per game to 529.6 yards per game.

His other career stops have included Valdosta State, Mississippi College and Wingate.

There will be some changes in day-to-day responsibilities for the current OSU football staff. More information on those changes will be announced as they are finalized.

Holgorsen At A Glance
Education
Iowa Wesleyan, 1993
Valdosta State, 1995 (master's)

Coaching Career
1993-1995 Valdosta State, Quarterbacks/Receivers/Special Teams
1996-1998 Mississippi College, Quarterbacks/Receivers/Special Teams
1999 Wingate, Quarterbacks/Receivers
2000-04 Texas Tech, Inside Receivers
2005-07 Texas Tech, Co-Offensive Coordinator/inside Receivers
2008-09 Houston, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

[wood911]

Sounds like a good hire to me.

[CanadianCowboy]

Sounds like a good hire to me.
EXCELLENT hire. Possibly along the lines of Bill Young-type of hire. I certainly hope that they came to an understanding that Holgorsen will run the offense from A to Z, including game-planning & play-calling. I will stand by my belief that Mike Gundy can be the next Joe Pa for O-State, but he needs to be the head coach, coaching the coaches, and not into the details that he has the staff to do.:pete:

[jakeman]

I'm pretty happy about all this.

My expectations for next year just went up exponentially.

[BigBadBen]

Yeah, I am a little more optimistic about the 2010 Cowboys as well now.

But, I'm going to have a wait & see approach about it. We lost a lot of talent this year. We have a lot of very talented young guys coming up, but they have to be able to perform in gametime situations.

I think they will be a pretty good team, but there are a lot of unknowns right now.