Tosh Lupoi won't be hard to replace. As Oregon defensive coordinator he excelled at recruiting and relationships, but he was far from a master strategist, not a defensive mastermind or the type who could scheme an opponent out of their game plan.
For four years Oregon crushed bad teams but suffered some program-defining blowouts against opponents with equal or greater talent. Still, the Ducks compiled a .944 record in two years of Big Ten play. That's not nothing.
In his two years as the defensive coordinator at Tulane Hampton crafted a unit that won an AAC title and finished No.