Bill Clay, MSU Defensive Coordinator?
It could’ve happened. According to Clay, Coach Croom asked him to return to Starkville as D.C.
“Last year when Sylvester Croom got the head coaching job at Mississippi State he called me and said he wanted me to come over and be his defensive coordinator. Sylvester and I had worked together at Tampa Bay in the NFL. He told me I was the first one he was offering the job to.
“When Les Miles called me five years ago he had told me that he needed someone to come in and help him build a program and that he was going to be there for many years. That’s why I came here, to help build a program, and I thought this would be my last job,” continued Clay.
“So when Sylvester called with all the talk with coach Miles about Alabama and Michigan, I went to him and asked him, should I take this job or turn it down,” Clay said. “He told me to turn it down that he was going to be at OSU for many years. I should have taken it, but I’ll get over that too.”
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