It is a frigid and rainy day in Fort Lauderdale as Major League Soccer's top draft prospects prepare to play in the 2010 MLS Player Combine. It's a truly miserable day, but one the potential draftees will have to endure.

Before I get to our primer on the Combine, here are some tidbits MLS fans will be interested in:

New York Red Bulls fans wondering who will be scouting prospects and running the draft will be happy to hear that former technical director Jeff Agoos will not be part of that process.

How does a young college or university assistant coach get a job as a head coach?
I have been told by more than one athletic administrator that when going through a search, most athletic directors look for coaches who have previously successful head coaching experience (maybe at a level tier than the potential position) or have been an assistant coach at a very successful program (having a 'blueprint' of what it takes to be successful at that level).

Head Coach Curt Onalfo and assistant coaches Mark Simpson, Ben Olsen and Kris Kelderman share a drink at last night's 'Meet the Coach' event at BlackFinn.

See more photos from the evening over at our Flickr account.

The New York Red Bulls have announced the hiring of 57-year-old Swedish coach Hans Backe as the team's new head coach. A long-time confidant of Sven-Goran Eriksson, Backe most recently worked as head coach of English League two side Notts County, a job he quit after just seven weeks.

In the last week Mike Leach, coach of college football program Texas Tech, was fired from the school due to inappropriate rehabilitation methods he forced a student athlete to participate in following a mild concussion the player had suffered earlier in the week in practice. Apparently Leach forced the receiver to sit in an equipment shed and on another occasion in an electric closet that was adjacent to the squad's practice field.

Kris Kelderman, Mark Simpson, and Benny Olsen will be the assistant coaches for Curt Onalfo. Kelderman was Onalfo's right hand man in Kansas City and also has experience as a player for DC United and coach of the U-17 team for the club. He was also previously an assistant at George Mason University.

Found some video of the Onalfo and assistant coaches at Black Finn.

Swedish coach Hans Backe takes over a tall task of coaching the New York Red Bulls. (Getty Images)

After weeks of waiting for the New York Red Bulls to hire a coach today they have announced the hiring of 57-year-old Swedish coach Hans Backe. He most recently worked as head coach of English League two side Notts County, a job he quit after just seven weeks.

It is a frigid and rainy day in Fort Lauderdale as Major League Soccer's top draft prospects prepare to play in the 2010 MLS Player Combine. It's a truly miserable day, but one the potential draftees will have to endure.

Before I get to our primer on the Combine, here are some tidbits MLS fans will be interested in:

New York Red Bulls fans wondering who will be scouting prospects and running the draft will be happy to hear that former technical director Jeff Agoos will not be part of that process.

Chivas USA today announced the hiring of former San Diego Spirit coach Carlos Juarez, former Bayern Munich assistant coach Nick Theslof and goalkeeper coach Daniel Gonzalez to the club's coaching staff.

The trio join Carlos Llamosa as assistant coaches to Head Coach Martín Vásquez on the team's technical staff.