Alabama Coaching Candidates Update
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James Joyner | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
While Mal and the gang are still hoping to land Nick Saban, the list of candidates being bandied about in the press is ridiculously long. It seems that only Rich Rodriguez, Steve Spurrier, Barry Switzer, and myself have been eliminated from consideration at this point.
Candidates are presented in alphabetical order.
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Name – Barry Alvarez
Age – 59 |
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Name – Frank Beamer Age – 60 Current position – Virgina Tech 1987-present Overall record – 146-79-2 Career highlights – 9 coach of the year awards / 4 conf titles |
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Name – Jim Grobe Age – 54 Current position – Wake Forest 2001-present Overall record – 34-33 |
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Name – Paul Johnson Age – 49 Current position – Navy 2002-present |
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Name – Steve Kragthorpe
Age – 41 |
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Name – Jim Leavitt Age – 50 Current position – USF 1995-present Overall record – 61-39 Career highlights – First USF football coach / led team to D-I status |
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Name – Mike Sherman Age – 52 Current position – Houston Texans 2006-present Overall record – 53-27 |
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Name – Jeff Tedford Age – 45 Current position – California 2002-present |
These candidates have either refused the Alabama job or other jobs to stay with their current team.
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Name – Houston Nutt Age – 49 Current position – Arkansas 1998-present Overall record – 63-47 Career highlights – 1998 coach of the year / 6 bowl games / 2 sec divison titles |
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Name – Bobby Petrino Age – 45 Current position – Louisville 2003-present Overall record – 39-9 |
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Name – Rich Rodriguez Age – 43 Current position – West Virgina 2001-present |
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Name – Nick Saban
Age – 55 |
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Name – Greg Schiano Age – 40 Current position – Rutgers 2000-present Overall record – 19-39 Career highlights – 1 bowl game / Highest rank in school history |
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Name – Steve Spurrier Age – 61 Current position – South Carolina 2005-present Overall record – 156-52-2 |
via Al.com
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