Doug Marrone has tabbed a former Rose Bowl MVP to head up the Syracuse running attack.
Tyrone Wheatley--once a Heisman Trophy hopeful during his days in the Michigan Wolverines backfield--was named the new running backs coach of the Orange on Wednesday. He joins the program after holding the same position with Eastern Michigan for the 2009 season.
The former first-round pick of the New York Giants guided a rushing attack at Eastern Michigan that posted numbers comparable to that of the 2009 backfield at Syracuse. While the Orange ranked 91st in the nation last season, the Eagles were right on their heels at 92nd. Each team ran the ball exactly 421 times last year with Syracuse out-gaining Eastern Michigan by just four yards.
The announcement of Wheatley's hire came just a day after the abrupt resignation of Roger Harriott, a former running back at Villanova who was temporarily lured away from coaching a high school program he had started in Florida.
Harriott was hired by Marrone on Jan. 27 to replace Stan Drayton, who accepted the same position on Urban Meyer's staff at Florida following the 2009 season. But Harriott changed his mind on Monday thus allowing the Orange to bring in Wheatley.
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