Marc Lubick: The Right Man for Recruiting Coordinator at Colorado State

On Wednesday, Colorado State head football coach Steve Fairchild announced Marc Lubick as the Rams' new recruiting coordinator. This move now fills all coaching positions for CSU.

After having a day to think about it, I feel confident that Lubick was the absolute best in-house choice for the job given the current members of the Rams' coaching staff. Sure, Pat Meyer is the assistant coach landing most of the current commitments from Florida, but with his recent promotion to offensive coordinator, adding recruiting coordinator to his list of duties would be a bit overwhelming.

At age 32, Lubick is on the fast track to being the next big name assistant coach in college football. The son of former Colorado State head coach Sonny Lubick, Marc has been the team's tight ends coach the past two seasons, and will retain those duties along with recruiting coordinator. His brother, Matt, is an assistant coach at Arizona State.

During Matt's time at Ole Miss, he and Marc both were mentioned in Bruce Feldman's  acclaimed book on college recruiting, Meat Market. When Matt Lubick felt a prospect was D-I worthy, but not quite SEC talent, he'd tip off Marc about what could be a “hidden gem.”

Marc Lubick is the hidden face of Colorado State football and the fact that he doesn't receive more coverage as a vital part of the CSU program is sad. He has been at Colorado State for nine seasons and was the only member of his father's final coaching staff to return under Fairchild.

Despite his youth, it's easy to tell how much respect the players at CSU have for Lubick. He really embraces that Ram pride that the athletic department is trying to reinstall in the community.

If there was one person to pick for this job as recruiting coordinator, no one was more qualified than Lubick. With this current 2010 recruiting class being the best in school history, expect them to become only greater as long as Lubick holds his title as coordinator.