I remember in 1999 after we went a disappointing 8-4 in Joe Hamilton's senior year, I was talking with some friends about our need to hire a great defensive coordinator. At the time, Southern Miss was a school that was just downright nasty. In the latter half of the 90's, they were that team that popped up on a few big teams schedules and almost laid down or did lay down the upset. I remember them playing FSU really tight in a low scoring game. During the period that Womach was Southern Miss's DC, they were a damn good team.
Anyway, at the time, Womack was considered a bad ass DC. He was a name that was often talked about.
He has a lot of experience and I think our defense will be respected under his guidance. Besides, I trust Paul Johnson to make good hires.
I really don't place a lot of value on Womack's career at Arkansas. He had some pretty decent defenses there, but working for Houston Nutt is probably not a good indicator of his talents. There was a revolving door policy on assistants at Arkansas for years because the AD put pressure on Nutt to make changes often to please the fan base.
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