The early years of Ryan Day's college football coaching career included time spent at Temple University.

Manchester's Day, it appears, is returning to Philadelphia.

Multiple media outlets reported Monday that Temple, of the Football Bowl Subdivision's Mid-American Conference, is expected to name Day offensive coordinator. Tight ends coach Matt Rhule, a veteran of the staff, could share the title with Day, Boston College's wide receivers coach the past four years.

The coordinator post opened with the resignation of Scot Loeffler, who last month accepted the same position at Auburn.

Day did not return a phone call Monday night. Temple had yet to officially name the 32-year-old as a prominent shot-caller on the staff of head coach Steve Addazio.

When the announcement is made, perhaps today, the former star quarterback at the University of New Hampshire (1997-2001) and Manchester Central High will start his second coaching stint with the Owls.

Day's anticipated return to Temple is significant. Serving as a coordinator is often a prerequisite to becoming a head coach.

Prior to his time at The Heights, Day was an assistant for Temple in 2006, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The coach's biography on BC website notes he spent 2005 at the University of Florida, serving as an offensive graduate assistant under then-Gators head coach Urban Meyer.

Meyer, of course, twice won the BCS national title game with the help of another football mind whose ties to New Hampshire are strong.

Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen, who led Trinity High of Manchester to the state football title in 1988, was Meyer's offensive coordinator and QB coach from 2005-08.

Mullen isn't the only major college football head coach with Manchester roots, either.

In the Pacific Northwest, Chip Kelly is at the controls for high-powered University of Oregon. Manchester's Kelly, while offensive coordinator and QB coach at UNH from 1999-2006, recruited Day to Durham. The current Ducks head coach also attempted to bring Day aboard at Oregon a few years ago.

Both Mullen and Kelly, during their days as coordinators, engineered prolific offenses that ranked among the best nationally for their respective levels of college football.

Can Day do the same for the Owls?

Temple last season finished 9-4 overall and 5-3 in the conference's East Division. Under Loeffler, the offense ranked seventh out of 13 teams in total offense (383.3 yards per game).

It stands to reason that Day's chief challenge will likely involve increasing production in the passing game.

Temple's passing offense ranked second-to-last in yards per game (126.8). The offense's total touchdown passes (11) tied for last place in the conference, and represented just a fraction of the league-leading total amassed by Western Michigan (40).

Day owned multiple passing records when he graduated from UNH. He set marks for career passing percentage (59.9) and career TD tosses (53).