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The List: Potential Arizona Wildcats football coach candidates

by on Oct. 31, 2011, under Sports

This is meant to be a maintained and updated list of the potential candidates for the position of head football coach at the University of Arizona. The criteria for making the list are: 1) UA athletic director Greg Byrne might be considering him, and 2) The coach might be interested.

If you believe another name should be on the list please add it in the comments below or send it via Twitter or Facebook.

Each grouping is in alphabetical order. I will not be adding analysis or rumors here but I will include links if a coach goes on record about the Arizona job. You can look for commentary on the candidates here.

CURRENT HEAD COACHES
Craig Bohl, North Dakota State
Art Briles, Baylor
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Ron Caragher, San Diego
Mario Cristobal, Florida International
Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech
Rich Ellerson, Army
Larry Fedora, Southern Miss
James Franklin, Vanderbilt
Al Golden, Miami
Skip Holtz, South Florida
Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette – Said he has no interest.
Dan Mullen, Mississippi State
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
Gary Patterson, TCU
Chris Petersen, Boise State
Robin Pflugrad, Montana
Kevin Sumlin, Houston

EX-COACHES
Mike Bellotti – Said there is nothing to the rumors linking him to UA job.
Chuck Cecil
Jeff Fisher
Mike Leach – Praised UA job. Said he has had no contact.
Urban Meyer – Said has no plans to coach. Reportedly discussed but turned down UA job.
Rich Rodriguez – Hired on Nov. 21

ASSISTANTS
Duane Akina, Texas Asst. HC/DB
Major Applewhite, Texas co-OC
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin OC
Manny Diaz, Texas DC
Brian Harsin, Texas co-OC
Gus Malzahn, Auburn OC
Jim McElwain, Alabama OC
Chad Morris, Clemson OC
Clancy Pendergast, Cal DC
Paul Petrino, Illinois OC
Kirby Smart, Alabama DC


Asst. HC = assistant head coach
OC = offensive coordinator
DC = defensive coordinator
DB = defensive backs coach

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  • Jaime Guttierez

    Jaime back at ya again.  Jaime says no assistants, please.  Jaime advises no on Rodriguez or Bellotti.  Jaime likes:  Al Golden mucho gusto.  Jaime favors Chris Petersen and Gary Patterson a lot too.  Wouldn’t Skip Holtz have his lisping dad around though?  Jaime has a lot of problems with lisps and accents.  

  • Vegasallen®

    Jamie is annoying.

  • BBob

    Can you add the Texas Special Teams coach?  I think we should hit for the cycle on that one.

  • Nathan

    Butch Davis would definitely be interested in this job, so he should be on the list.
    I also think Mario Cristobal from FIU would be interested, and he’ll be moving up the coaching ladder sooner rather than later.  Gotta love the Florida recruiting ties. 

    • http://uasports.net Scott Terrell

      I can’t see Byrne hiring someone fired for NCAA violations but I will add Cristobal.  A young coach with a recent conference championship deserves a look.  And how can you not like a guy nicknamed “El Rey”?

  • Mr. Dbear

    EVERYONE is missing the Coach that Byrne should be going after. He’s Craig Bohl at North Dakota State University. He has the Bison at #1 in the FCS division, he was an assistant at Nebraska, and he has personality plus. Check him out. You’ll be impressed.

    • http://uasports.net Scott Terrell

      Done.  He gets bonus points for beating Kansas (and talking trash about it).

  • Michelle Symonette

    Isnt the obvious choice Coach Kish…He has given the Wildcats a whole new attitude and he is def the man for the job…..

  • wildcatlover

    Clancy Pendergast currently at California. Would love to see a Wildcat come home!

    • http://uasports.net Scott Terrell

      He is now on the list. Looking at the stats, Cal led the Pac-10 in total defense last year and the Bears are #2 just behind Stanford this year. If Arizona is considering assistants he would be worth a look.

  • Mike

    Jamie is annoying. Oh wait, that has been said already.
    Briles, Sumlin, Leach, Manny Diaz, or Paul Petrino.

  • wayne

    Don’t hire Leach unless you want to win- sell tickets and graduate players. Plus he bring 25,000+ loyal texas fans in the package

    • http://uasports.net Scott Terrell

      Please refrain from using the comment section for slander. Oh wait, I see what you did there.

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