Football Staff Starting to Come Together
Bringing Jonathan Himebauch aboard the Wake football staff appears to be a great move. WFU to Hire Assistant Coach Himebauch has impressive credentials, most earned with his time spent in the Canadian Football League. He was offensive line coach for the Montreal Alouettes for three years and had just been hired as offensive coordinator of the Toronto Argonauts after Scott Milanovich—the former Maryland quarterback who coached with Himebauch in Montreal—was hired as the Argonauts head coach.
Himebauch was starting center and captain for the USC Trojans in 1996 and 1997. Two bits in his bio caught my eye. He was recruited by his father Jack Himebauch, who at the time was the school’s recruiting coordinator. And he majored in English and Creative Writing. Can’t wait to ask him what he’s read lately.
And oh yeah, his brother Chris Himebauch was a swimmer at North Carolina.
The way these things work is once Jim Grobe settles on an assistant, he has to be approved by the Human Resources Department, like any other new employee at Wake. It’s been known to take a while, sometimes around a week. No one at Wake is denying the reports from Canada that Himebauch is joining the staff, but they’re not confirming it either, and won’t until the process is completed.
When Grobe is in a position to comment, I plan to get up with him and ask him about both new hires and what responsibilities they will have. Looking forward to that opportunity.