NCAA Football 12

39 Achievements

1,000

12-15h

Xbox 360

Dual Threat Coach

Win the BCS Championship & have the #1 recruiting class in a single season as head coach in Dynasty

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How to unlock the Dual Threat Coach achievement in NCAA Football 12 - Definitive Guide

smashngrab77

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14 Jul 2011 19:50

This is the way I was able to get this achievement.

First I started a dynasty and selected Oklahoma as my team.
IMPORTANT, I also set the difficulty to Freshman and the recruiting difficulty to freshman

As you progress through the beginning of your dynasty mode it will ask you to set up your recruiting board. When you select that it gives you the option of create prospect. I then created 9 prospects with a 5 star rating. This is the positions I created:
QB
HB
TE
WR
LE
RE
CB
MLB
LG
You will want to make all of their home states OKLAHOMA
City does not matter

Now press LT one time to get to the attributes.

It helps to know about the positions and what their primary purpose is. (a QB does not need to be good at coverage or blocking and a LE does not need to be good at throwing or catching) But if you dont you can just max all of the attributes to 99

Now that you have 9 different positions created you will move forward to START SEASON.

Now you may want to turn AUTOSAVE off at this point just in case.

Once I started the season I simmed until the conference championship game. I was able to go 12-0 and then it stated that all 9 of the players committed to Oklahoma. The next highest class had 3 5 star recruits. I then simmed to the bowl game and set the quarter length to 1 MIN. I played the game and won. From here I just simmed to the end of the season and the achievement popped along with the best recruiting class.

TIP: Don't accept the contract extension, that's the key detail that's missing
Posted by Bobtroid Thank you!

This is exactly how I did this so I hope it works as well for you. If anyone has any questions please send me a message I will try to help. If anyone has anything negative to say please let me know before voting negative.

Also to point out Must go into off season recruiting week 5 for it to pop Thanks Hunter!

14 Jul 2011 19:50

29 Comments

It seems a bit wonky...I did something very similar (6 created players) using OK, and got the best class achv but not this one. I went 13-0 (won the bcs) and hadn't messed with anything else. Luckily I made back up saves, so hopefully my 2nd attempt will fare better.

By ScuzzyBunny on 16 Jul 2011 01:05

It will not pop until you go to start the next season

By smashngrab77 on 16 Jul 2011 03:17

I have tried everything and it still wont pop for me

By Pierce Brosnan on 16 Jul 2011 05:51

same here I've did this 4 times and nothing

By illwittdeez on 16 Jul 2011 14:32

When you get to the end of the season are you ranked #1 or #2 and going to the BCS Championship game and winning? Also when you get to signing day are you the #1 recruiting class? If both of these are true when you sim to the end of the offseason and start the next season the achievements will pop.

By smashngrab77 on 16 Jul 2011 17:13

yeah, I think it might be a glitch in the game?

1st time = I had six 5 stars, eleven 4 stars and four 3 star recruits
2nd time = nine 5 stars, seven 4 stars and six 3 stars
3rd time = six 5 stars, twelve 4 stars and four 3 stars

and I won the BCS title all the years, still no cheevo.

By illwittdeez on 16 Jul 2011 18:15

do u have to play the championship game or can u sim the national championship game

By TiiMe II MeRk on 16 Jul 2011 19:03

I've done it 4 times now and nothing...

By Bobtroid on 17 Jul 2011 06:22

Same problem here

By Snowsux on 17 Jul 2011 08:14

Don't accept the contract extension, that's the key detail that's missing

By Bobtroid on 18 Jul 2011 02:46

Great tip...definitely add it to the solution! Mine popped right on time after NOT signing the extension.

By ScuzzyBunny on 18 Jul 2011 04:14

@Srad Bmith Thank you.

By smashngrab77 on 19 Jul 2011 12:43

Just to add you can edit the conference with all 1* teams and Sim the entire thing. Just play the NC Game to be sure

By fadedninja77 on 21 Jul 2011 01:43

i had trouble with this achievement in my first dynasty year, i followed all the instructions but then remembered i didnt change any of the recruits i made city's to Oklahoma, started a new dynasty made all recruits from Oklahoma, simmed my dynasty year with out having autosave on, i finished 3rd in the nation, won the national championship, went ahead and simmed to signing day. and WHAM achievement unlocked! hope this helps anyone. i voted positive, great guide!

By PatheticCross on 10 Aug 2011 14:49

It might be worth mentioning that if people use a created coach and set his alma mater as Oklahoma they can unlock: Hometown Hero, Living Legend, and Dream Job.

By Layth DireBeard on 24 Aug 2011 05:20

Must go into off season recruiting week 5 for it to pop

By Hirogen Hunter on 04 Dec 2011 21:26

I tried to do it with Oregon to get the "Head of the PAC" achievement as well. I did the contract extension, had the #1 recruitment class and never got the achievement past signing day. So there is definitely a glitch.

By UncleRico3 on 27 Dec 2011 16:55

should add hunters point "Must go into off season recruiting week 5 for it to pop"

By NickHawkeye on 08 Mar 2012 14:31

This worked perfectly, and I can confirm that you DO NOT need to actually play the championship game. I Simmed every single game including the Champ. Just make sure you save before each sim so you can re load if you didn't win for whatever reason. (my championship ended up being Ok Vs. Boise St.) at the end of the bowl season before recruiting season starts you may be prompted with a contract extension. you can "look" at it but DO NOT sign it simply press 'B' to back out and go to "Advance to.." whatever the next area is a sim though recruiting week 5 and it will pop after recruiting week 5 is complete (i.e. you actually have to sim to the event right after recruiting week 5)

good for 2 achievements worth 175 (also gets "best in class" if you don't have that one already)

By NickHawkeye on 09 Mar 2012 14:34

I can confirm that signing the extension does bug this achievement. I won the national championship and the "Best Class Ever" popped, but not this one.

By BRGoBlue95 on 11 Jun 2012 05:37

i didn't stimulate the season but i still managed to get the best recruiting class. however i did NOT get this achievement. i went all through the off season and i'm now in the next season and i got nothing. i did won the championship and i did not get a conrtact extension to sign so that's not the reason. anyone have a clue as to why this might happen?

By Knucklehead923 on 17 Jun 2012 06:32

By Knucklehead923 on 17 Jun 2012 07:00

I did all of this and simmed to week 5 with no luck you have to sim to signing day in off season. thanks tho. This method should work on Ncaa football 11. Here is to hoping. thumbs up!

By NiteJokester on 01 Jul 2012 17:57

Also worth noting you can change teams by going into coach info and if the team with the #1 class before bowl season is highly ranked, you can tank the other teams, get into the NC game, win the NC game, and sim to the 5th week of recruiting in the offseason and get it. so whatever team you start out with doesnt have to be the one you end with. make sure however to change the coach to the team you had previously to controlled by CPU

By Flydog92 on 05 Jul 2013 00:38

I just had the achievement glitch on me after signing the contract extension. Didn't think anything of it and needed the achievement for it so I signed it. Then only Best Class Ever popped at Signing Day. I went back and loaded the save I had made right after winning the national championship and signing the contract extension and simmed to Signing Day again and it popped. So if it glitches on you, try loading a previous save and simming the offseason again before giving up and starting over.

By erod550 on 18 Aug 2013 22:20

You sim past week 5 and it pops AFTER SIGNING DAY, not Week 5.

By acedawg4 on 07 Oct 2016 17:14

well not specific to this achievement but I have run into glitched achievements in this game. I just played througha dynasty in big 10 with BYU. I won the big 10 champ game and the BCS title and neither of the achvs popped.

By smashngrab77 on 17 Jul 2011 04:34

I think you might want to clarify that you need get through all 5 weeks of offseason recruiting, and not simply sim to the end of bowl season. Neither this cheevo nor the one for the #1 Recruiting Class popped for me at the end of bowl season, but both popped as soon as I got through the 5 offseason recruiting weeks.

Also -- not sure what everyone means about the contract extension. I did this with the Sooners, and at the end of the season I was heading into year 2 of a 3 year contract -- so I was never asked about an extension. Maybe not accepting the extension is a tip for people who are playing through the second/third year in the same dynasty, because they didn't unlock the cheevo the first time through?

Anyway, besides that first point, great guide. +1.

By Mortis Invictus on 23 Jul 2011 23:58

I just got it, I played the championship game to be on the safe side, I set it to 2 min quarters.

By illwittdeez on 16 Jul 2011 19:08

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DASHL

TrueAchievements

17 Jul 2011 04:23

I picked Oklahoma, played every game, and did all recruiting manual. DO NOT accept the contract extension at the end of the year. The other achievements were popping, like Hometown Hero and Best Class ever, but not Dual Threat, until I reloaded the save, didn't do the contract extension, simmed the offseason recruiting (I was already number 1) and the achievement popped on signing day. I ended up with seven 5 stars and nine 4 star recruits. Hope this helps.

17 Jul 2011 04:23

2 Comments

THIS was the key detail missing. Worked like a charm for me, thank you so much!

By Bobtroid on 17 Jul 2011 14:21

Yeah thanks worked for me 175 GS popped on that spot.. nice.

By Your Neighbors on 23 Jul 2011 15:29

Darviathar

TrueAchievements

03 Aug 2017 21:59

You don't need to cheat. I played as Alabama, and got this without having to alter any recruits.

03 Aug 2017 21:59

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Roll Tide!

By Mr Granstaff on 07 Aug 2017 23:53

Roll TIDE! Wish they were still making these games.

By Darviathar on 17 Aug 2017 03:17

This was the one that I played most myself. I think we're still a few years away from where my dynasty stopped.

By Darviathar on 21 Aug 2017 06:58

I know it. I prefer it over Madden, actually. I only bought this edition and kept it because Mark Ingram was on the cover.

By Mr Granstaff on 17 Aug 2017 12:01

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codomojump

TrueAchievements

20 Oct 2012 08:55

I tried to get this achievement several times. I ended up using the above method except I made sure to TURN COACH CONTRACTS OFF so that I wouldn't have any trouble with the contract extension nonsense. You are able to change coach contracts on and off at the coach creation screen, which is the very first screen you will see at the beginning of a new dynasty.

20 Oct 2012 08:55

jmowen, and, GlimpZe

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See step 3 in the Road Map for the fastest way to obtain this trophy.

Here you will need to win the championship and have the #1 recruiting class in the same season. If you follow step three in the road map, you'll have no problems getting this and Best Class Ever.

Here are some recruiting tips for each week. The first five to six weeks, you're going to want to do the recruiting yourself but only for the guys you created.

Week one: You're going to want to select the second option, what the player thinks about the topic at hand.
Week two: Select the first option, make a pitch for the topic on hand but only if the player has a high interest for it. If he doesn't, change the subject. If it's unknown, ask him what he think of the topic.
Week three: Same as week two.
Week four: Right now, you should be able to offer scholarships. If so, offer each of your created players a scholarship. This takes up one question. For the remainder of the phone call, follow step two.
Week five: Make a promise to the player. Once you've done that, follow step two.
Week six: Here you're going to want to offer a scholarship, schedule a visit (if the prospect is ready), or make promises. Each nets you at least +100 interest points.

After week six, all of your created prospects should have OU as their number one school. A couple of them might even commit before then.

ViperxSniper

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When starting a dynasty season, make your coaches alma mater the school that you are going to use and select that school to play as (for example, If you want to use the Gators, select your alma mater and team for University of Florida). This will unlock Dream Job. Before you start up your dynasty, you can create recruits for the season. Simply create about 12 recruits (different positions) with maxed out stats from the same city your schools in (use a 6 star school as it will be easier to win recruits and get to the national championship). You can also create one recruit with low stats from your state to go for Point Some Fingers. During the season, make sure to call them and spend time talking to them and go undefeated to win the national championship. Most of the recruit should sign with you. If you can sign at least 10 five star recruits, you will be good. If you followed this guide, you will get the Dual Threat Coach, Living Legend, Hometown Hero, and Best Class Ever achievements.