Last SMU coaching search....

[cs09viking]

question for those that have been here for some time...

who else was a candidate for the SMU HC job when we hired Phil Bennett?

just wondering...

[BRStang]

Charlie Waters
Skip Holz - there was some mention of him anyway

[SMUMan02]

I always thought the most likely candidate during that time was Charlie Waters.

[mrydel]

I understand that Holtz was close but his dad told him not to do it.

[FloridaMustang]

dirk koetter was a candidate no? i think he was on the way out of az st. at the time. mangino was available too but i dont think he was ever contacted. oops.

[mustang1108]

we should go after skip so we can get a pep talk from lou

[Dwan]

Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

[gambino87]

Def Remember Gerry DiNardo

[mrydel]

Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

I had heard that Chow was very interested but we would not pay his asking price. Or did the asking price stop the interview from happening?

[Dwan]

He was the OC at USC at the time and thought he could do better.

[bigdaddy08091]

Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

I had heard that Chow was very interested but we would not pay his asking price. Or did the asking price stop the interview from happening?

We suck!

[mustang1108]

How old is bill curry now?

[bigdaddy08091]

How old is bill curry now?

Who the hell was interviewing these people and what was being told to them where they pulled their names out or declined to interview?