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Mike Gundy’s vision for ‘mega camps’ has become reality
- Updated: June 3, 2016
11:10 PM ET
One year ago Mike Gundy and his coaching staff at Oklahoma State looked around and recognized a changing landscape. Team satellite camps had become commonplace, making it harder and harder to convince prospects to pick camps that featured the Cowboys, resulting in a less-fruitful experience for everyone involved.
“We felt like we needed to do something different,” Gundy said.
And so …
“We came up with the ‘Wal-Mart theory,’ where you can go to one building and get everything you need,” he said. “So we started recruiting other schools.”
This week that vision has come to fruition with Oklahoma State among several teams working “mega camps” across the state of Texas. The camps, run by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, are expected to feature coaches from several Power 5 and non-Power 5 schools, including Kansas State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Oregon State, Northwestern, Boise State. The carousel kicked off with 427 campers in Belton on Thursday evening, with a pair of camps scheduled for Friday morning in San Antonio and evening in Katy. The five-camp swing concludes on Saturday in Tyler (morning) and Dallas (evening).
@CoachFredenburg addressing the first session of @crufootball Mega Camp 2016 at Crusader Stadium @UnderArmour pic.twitter.com/4W1yfdLJly
— CruEquipment (@CruEquipment) June 2, 2016
Satellite camps have been a hot-button topic, sparking complaints from Alabama’s Nick Saban and responding barbs from Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh this week alone. Some coaches are passionate about it being an opportunity for prospects and programs alike, while others are disappointed with potential …
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