There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth after Andy Avalos was lured out of his DC chair by Oregon, and it’d been an interesting couple of weeks as the Broncos conducted their search for his replacement. Would they go with a proven FCS DC looking to make a move? Perhaps lure another G5 coordinator from a competitor ala Zak Hill? Hey, maybe they’d loot the SEC assistant pool as G5 clubs are known to do. At any rate, they should act fairly quickly with spring ball under way, right?
Wellll. The Broncos went the perhaps safe route and decided not to upturn their blue and orange applecart and promoted newly-minted LBs and Special Teams coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator, then made the extra eye-raising decision to tag another up-and-coming defensive coach as his co-coordinator—Spencer Danielson.