This is a very uneducated comment. Kugler was a solid assistant coach, he just shouldn’t have been hired as a head coach. But he was the Assistant Head Coach for an undefeated Boise State team and he has also been hired as an assistant coach by 5 different NFL teams. That doesn’t happen unless you are quality. When Kugler was coaching under Bailey, UTEP had a legitimate NFL O-Line coach coaching our O-Line. Kugler leaving UTEP after the 2000 season also had some contribution to Nord’s immediate down turn.
Not buying it. The record speaks for itself. Charlie Bailey won 19 games over parts of 7 seasons. That's pathetic. I remember watching John Rayborn and Shawn Gray get destroyed behind that "legitimate" offensive line. Bottom line, the teams were awful.