Latest Jags Football update

Athletic Director Joe Gottfried would like to name the first head coach for USA by early February but the list of people who have been interviewed is fairly impressive. So far he had met with Alabama's defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, Auburn running back coach Eddie Gran, Clemson wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney, Clemson defensive coordinator Vic Koenning, South Florida assistant head coach Dan McCarney, Birmingham Southern head coach Joey Jones, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo and former Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower.

Whoever would be the first head coach, they would have a pretty decent situation to start up a football program. If you look at the local area, its very rich with football prospects. The florida panhandle, southern Georgia, southern Alabama, southern Mississippi and over to New Orleans areas has lots of good players. There is Ladd-Peebles stadium which seats over 40,000 with artificial turf for home games. Plus the sun belt conference isn't that bad of a conference.

Gottfried should widdle down the list to 3-5 soon and probably will announce a hire in early February. It will be interesting to see who is hired.