Alabama Coaching Candidates Update

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Alabama Coaching Candidates Update

| 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.

Alabama coaching candidates

Candidates are presented in alphabetical order.

	Name – Barry Alvarez Age – 59 Current position – Athletic Director Wisconsin Overall record – 118-73-4 Career highlights – 3 Rose bowl wins
	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
	Name – Jim Grobe Age – 54 Current position – Wake Forest 2001-present Overall record – 34-33 Career highlights – 1 acc title game
	Name – Paul Johnson Age – 49 Current position – Navy 2002-present Overall record – 28-21 Career highlights – 3 bowl games / coach of the year
	Name – Steve Kragthorpe Age – 41 Current position – Tulsa 2002-present Overall record – 21-17 Career highlights – 2 bowl games / 1 conf USA title
	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
	Name – Mike Sherman Age – 52 Current position – Houston Texans 2006-present Overall record – 53-27 Career highlights – Led Packers to 3 division titles
	Name – Jeff Tedford Age – 45 Current position – California 2002-present Overall record – 33-17 Career highlights – 3 bowl games / pac 10 coach of the year

Removed from search

These candidates have either refused the Alabama job or other jobs to stay with their current team.

	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
	Name – Bobby Petrino Age – 45 Current position – Louisville 2003-present Overall record – 39-9 Career highlights – 1 bowl win / Conference USA title / highest ranking in school history
	Name – Rich Rodriguez Age – 43 Current position – West Virgina 2001-present Overall record – 45-22 Career highlights – 3 shares of Big East title / BCS bowl / Highest rank in school history
	Name – Nick Saban Age – 55 Current position – Miami Dolphins 2005-present Overall record (college) 91-40-1 Career highlights – 9 bowls / 1 national title
	Name – Greg Schiano Age – 40 Current position – Rutgers 2000-present Overall record – 19-39 Career highlights – 1 bowl game / Highest rank in school history
	Name – Steve Spurrier Age – 61 Current position – South Carolina 2005-present Overall record – 156-52-2 Career highlights – 1 national title / 7 conf titles