Oklahoma State hires Mike Yurcich as new offensive coordinator

You’re drunk, Gundy. Go home.

After two straight hires of Dana Holgorsen and Todd Monken, OSU has hired a guy named Mike Yurcich as its new offensive coordinator/QB coach.

Gundy made the announcement on Twitter this morning (possibly from either his back porch or maybe the Bagel Cafe in Stillwater). Who knows…

Proud to announce Mike Yurcich as the new Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach at #okstate #GoPokes

— Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) February 7, 2013

Wait…WHO?

This is going to be really funny when agundy announces the real OC.

— thinks we go 8-4 guy (@Pokelahoma) February 7, 2013

Agreed.

Here’s what Google tells me about Mike Yurich:

He graduated from California University (of Pennsylvania) and played QB there. He got his Master of Education from Saint Francis (Indiana) (he was a grad assistant briefly at Indiana) then moved on to Edinboro University (Pennsylvania) where he was the OC. He became the OC at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA in 2011.

Now, as of today, he runs one of the best D1 offenses in the country.

Here were his stats last year for Shippensburg — a D2 school.

Yurcich's offense at Shippensburg (is that a real sentence?) scored 46.8 points a game last year. Averaged 390 passing yards a game. Sick.

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) February 7, 2013

Mike Yurcich, Ok State's new OC hire, led an offense that led Division II in total offense and ranked No. 2 in scoring, passing offense.

— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) February 7, 2013

Salty, and Gundy does love him some numbers. He also likes this.

Re: Yurchich MT @ChrisPavone84: fast paced no huddle, very aggressive. A mixed bag of styles but the ball will be in the air alot.

— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) February 7, 2013

It was weird though, no warning, no press release — heck, Gundy could have announced it at his press conference yesterday. Yet he announces it via Twitter 12 hours after he says he doesn’t really understand Twitter.

The lesson as always, I guess? Don’t try and predict what Mike Gundy is going to do.

Three more hilarious tweets.

@pistolsguy dude googling his last name he's not the first to come up….I feel like Gundy trying to win some mad scientist award.

— thinks we go 8-4 guy (@Pokelahoma) February 7, 2013

This made me laugh, #okstate's new offensive coordinator: http://t.co/OFLpvM7s

— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) February 7, 2013

@KellyHinesTW 37ish? Is he from the Dominican Republic?

— Kevin DeShazo (@KevinDeShazo) February 7, 2013

I can’t wait to see this guy rolling through the B1G as Indiana’s head coach in 2016.

Lastly, here’s a video of his offense from last year (they look like a high school team!)

And here’s video of him breaking down plays with Star Wars Lego figures!