Interview: App State Coach Dowell Loggains on a Unique CFB Job

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Alex interviews Dowell Loggains, the recently hired Appalachian State head coach who was most recently at South Carolina after a long run as an NFL assistant and coordinator. After Alex and Richard talk a bit about App State’s last 20 years, Loggains joins (17:10) to discuss:

* Why he moved from the NFL to college football at a time when coaches are getting a lot of attention for doing the opposite

* Why he isn’t worried about spring games turning into roster poaching showcases for rival schools

* The concept of “fit” at a distinct school like App State

* Recruiting as a Group of 5 program in a crowded region

* Recruiting to a Sun Belt school vs. recruiting in the SEC

* The specific type of prospect who comes to Boone

* If he’s thinking about the House settlement and whether he’ll need to fight for resources with other sports

* The time management element of becoming a head coach

* How much he would delegate to a general manager

* Coaching Chris Johnson during his 2,000-yard season and whether that has value in the eyes of 2020s college football players

App State Flutie Effect study mentioned on the show: https://econ.appstate.edu/RePEc/pdf/wp1905.pdf

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Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson

Producer: Anthony Vito

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0:00.0	We're coming and we ain't backing down.
0:02.0	We don't need a bunch of cats in here,
0:04.0	looking in the mirror.
0:05.0	Everybody just do your job!
0:07.0	You understand that?
0:08.0	Hey, will you shut up?
0:09.0	I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:11.0	Guys being dudes.
0:12.0	And they run through our like a .
0:14.0	Through a ten horn, man.
0:15.0	Ah, f*** it.
0:17.0	Kicked the field goal.
0:19.0	It'll be Jason and Jingel.
0:22.8	Out of the hold of Neskill.
0:25.0	Good snap, good hold.
0:27.7	And the kick is blocked.
0:29.9	Appalach and State has stunned the college football world.
0:35.1	One of the greatest upsets in sports history.
0:38.8	Do you remember where you were for that play?
0:42.9	That is a Kennedy shot, remember where you were type of moment in college football history.
0:49.5	You know, it's funny.
0:51.5	I don't remember exactly where I was. I remember that that same weekend, I was
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