Nine days after stepping down as Missouri’s offensive coordinator for “personal reasons,” David Yost could find himself lifted from the ranks of the unemployed in very short order.
Dave Matter of the Columbia Daily Tribune is reporting that Yost has been offered the offensive coordinator position at Oklahoma State. Matter reports that Yost and OSU head coach Mike Gundy have forged a relationship over the past year or so, with the Cowboys’ coaching staff spending time in Columbia last winter sharing spread offense ideas.
While the opportunity is apparently there, the report states “it’s unclear if Yost is strongly considering Gundy’s offer.”
Yost had been on Pinkel’s staff at Mizzou since the coach came to Columbia in 2001, serving first as quarterbacks coach before being promoted to coordinator in 2009. The bloom, though, fell off that particular offensive rose in 2012.
Following Mizzou’s move from the Big 12 to the SEC, the Tigers saw a precipitous drop in production on the offensive side of the ball. After finishing 30th in the country at 32.8 points per game, the Tigers somehow lost a touchdown and an extra point on their way to a new conference, dipping to 81st nationally at 25.7 ppg. They lost nearly a quarter of their total offense, going from 12th nationally (475.5 yards per game) to an alarming 96th.
If Yost, or anyone else for that matter, were to accept the job, he would be replacing Todd Monken. Earlier this week, Monken was announced as Southern Miss’ new head coach.
