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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches

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Created by Grondemar (talk). Self-nominated at 17:50, 4 January 2017 (UTC).

  • @Grondemar: There is no mention of 2017 in the article prose, specifically any reason why he was rehired and no inline citations for the table claim. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:02, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
    @The C of E: To clarify, "for 2017" and "following the 2016 season" are synonymous, since college football seasons are annual. I proposed the shorter version for the DYK hook. I would have linked 2017 Connecticut Huskies football team but as of today that is a redlink which we don't put in DYK hooks. Past experience is that if I created the 2017 season article today, it would get sent to AFD as too soon; therefore I left the year unlinked. Technically also if you read source 1 Edsall's hiring was official as of January 2, 2017 because waiting until then to fire the previous coach Diaco allowed UConn to lower Diaco's buyout from $5 million to $3.4 million. I thought that was too much detail to put in what is supposed to be a list of historical coaches.
    Regarding the reason why he was rehired, the source says this:

    "Coach Edsall is the right fit for our university, football program and student-athletes," Benedict said in a statement. "I believe he will provide consistent leadership and long-term success once again."

    — Anthony, Mike (December 28, 2016). "Randy Edsall Back At UConn: Coach Says He Should Have Done Things Differently When He Left". The Hartford Courant. Tribune Corporation. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
    And this:

"We are excited to welcome Coach Edsall back to the University of Connecticut," UConn President Susan Herbst said in a statement. "He possesses the passion, experience and commitment to lead our program and develop our student-athletes, both on and off the field."

— Anthony, Mike (December 28, 2016). "Randy Edsall Back At UConn: Coach Says He Should Have Done Things Differently When He Left". The Hartford Courant. Tribune Corporation. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  • Neither of these quotes really adds much or provides much explanation as to why Edsall was actually hired. Sports teams rarely publicly announce exactly why they hired specifically one person and not another. I could find other sources with media speculation as to why UConn decided on Edsall... but that would be undue weight on this specific coaching move on what is supposed to be a list of all of the historic UConn football head coaches. What is in the DYK hook and the article is the fact that (1)Edsall is UConn's all-time leader in games coached and wins, which is supported by both the general reference and source 1, and (2)he was rehired following the 2016 season for the 2017 season, which is supported by source 1. This is consistent with how past head coach featured lists handle this situation; see List of Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches for an example.
    Let me know if I can provide any further clarification. –Grondemar 15:09, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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