JONESBORO -- Rob Harley hadn't met Butch Jones yet, but the vision Arkansas State University's head football coach laid out to him in December felt familiar.
For the previous six years, Harley coached linebackers for Pittburgh Coach Pat Narduzzi, learning under one of the nation's sharpest defensive minds. At ASU, Jones pitched a program centered on discipline, drive and physicality -- three of his favorite buzz words -- and a four-down lineman defensive scheme, a set of ideals that paralleled the hallmarks of success Harley experienced at Pitt.
"Everything Coach Jones presented resonated with me," said Harley, 38.