Louisville Football: Jeff Brohm would make Cardinals instant contenders

It had been a hot rumor that Jeff Brohm would be top choice to return to Louisville football, but there is now a report stating that it will happen soon.

It has been in talks ever since Louisville football fired Bobby Petrino following their seventh consecutive loss at the hands of Syracuse, but it looks like it may become a reality. Current Purdue head coach and former Louisville quarterback and assistant coach reportedly has a deal in place to return to his hometown university and become head coach. The story was broke by ESPN’s Dan Dakich, who has claimed to have two sources close to both parties.

If this does in fact come to happen, this would be a home run hire for a Louisville athletics department that has been under constant fire since news of the last Rick Pitino scandal broke. Brohm grew up in Louisville and played for legendary Cardinals head coach Howard Schnellenberger. Following his playing career, Brohm was briefly the head coach of the AFL’s Louisville Fire and spent five years as an assistant for the Cardinals.

Brohm, who has turned around the perennial Big Ten doormat Purdue Boilermakers, is one of the brightest young offensive minds in college football and has a touch of gold when it comes to recruiting (look no further than Rondale Moore). His ability to create mismatches and do more with less could have Louisville back to competing as early as next season.

Couple that with how much more support Louisville athletics receives compared to Purdue, Brohm could very well bring the Cardinals back to national prominence and have them consistently at the top of the ACC with teams like Clemson and (historically) Florida State. Nothing is official yet, but Jeff Brohm is the hire that not only Louisville football needs, but the Univeristy of Louisville needs in general.