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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Bowden to West Virginia makes sense
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s the latest from the coaching grapevine:
1. Terry Bowden to West Virginia? Since he got out of the business in 1998, the former Auburn coach has been keeping very busy with radio work and writing for Yahoo.com. But in the past two years he’s also been preparing to get back into coaching. Like a lot of guys, a few years away from the game makes the heart grow fonder and restores the fire in the belly. Bowden would be a very good fit at West Virginia. He’s a graduate. He knows and appreciates the culture. Would it be a little risky? Probably. But it is something the school should consider.
2. Jimbo Fisher to West Virginia? Nope. Fisher and his agent had to work too hard to get the deal in place with Florida State that will pay him $2.5 million if he’s not the head coach by 2011. West Virginia would also have to buy out Florida State if it wanted him. Timing is everything and that’s why Florida State president T.K. Wetherell was willing to put this deal together for Fisher.
3. Kippy Brown to Tennessee? Tennessee will certainly miss OC David Cutcliffe but, as you might imagine, there is a line around the block of guys who want the job. An old coach told me a long time ago that schools should never worry when they lose a talented assistant because there are so many good coaches out there who are just waiting for the right opportunity. Based on everything I’ve heard, Kippy Brown, who was Phillip Fulmer’s assistant head coach for two seasons (1993-94) would be a very good fit. Brown has been in the NFL since 1995.
4. Duke will get a good quarterback: I don’t even know who it will be. But I do know that Cutcliffe felt really good about the way recruiting was going when the Duke opportunity came along. He had made strong inroads with several top-flight quarterbacks who wanted to come to Tennessee and run his system. One of them will come to Duke because they want to play for him. And no, Volunteer fans. This is not going to hurt your recruiting class. Cutcliffe will take a player who would have been down the depth chart at Tennessee and coach him up to play in the ACC.
5. Kudos to Chris Hatcher: Coach David Dean and his players deserve all the accolades for last Saturday’s win in the Division II national championship game. But don’t forget to give some credit to Hatcher, who left that program in pretty good shape when he decided to move on to Georgia Southern this season.
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