Post by cviller on Dec 16, 2009 12:26:06 GMT -5
Sources: WVU's Doc Holliday heading to Marshall
By Mitch Vingle
Sports Editor
Advertiser
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia associate head coach Doc Holliday has left Florida, where he was on the road recruiting for the Mountaineers, and is en route to Huntington.
It also looks like he's en route to the head coaching football job at Marshall.
Sources, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Gazette that no deal has been finalized, but that Holliday is the apparent choice to succeed Mark Snyder, who recently chose to resign rather than be fired as the MU coach.
Holliday, a Hurricane native, has been a silent candidate throughout the process because of his job with the Mountaineers, a rival of MU.
Holliday is expected to meet with MU athletic director Mike Hamrick this evening and Thursday and, if a deal can be finalized, sign a contract.
The sources say WVU head coach Bill Stewart and athletic director Ed Pastilong have been informed of the proceedings.
Holliday is known nationally for his ability to recruit Florida. He began making in-roads while an assistant for ex-Mountaineer head coach Don Nehlen and made waves that eventually led to jobs with North Carolina State and Florida.
When West Virginia officials chose Stewart as their head coach instead of Holliday almost two years ago, Holliday accepted a $406,000 salary to join Stewart as associate head coach. The contract made Holliday one of the nation's highest paid assistants.
Central Michigan's Butch Jones, the other Marshall finalist, reportedly signed a five-year deal to become the head coach at Cincinnati.
By Mitch Vingle
Sports Editor
Advertiser
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia associate head coach Doc Holliday has left Florida, where he was on the road recruiting for the Mountaineers, and is en route to Huntington.
It also looks like he's en route to the head coaching football job at Marshall.
Sources, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Gazette that no deal has been finalized, but that Holliday is the apparent choice to succeed Mark Snyder, who recently chose to resign rather than be fired as the MU coach.
Holliday, a Hurricane native, has been a silent candidate throughout the process because of his job with the Mountaineers, a rival of MU.
Holliday is expected to meet with MU athletic director Mike Hamrick this evening and Thursday and, if a deal can be finalized, sign a contract.
The sources say WVU head coach Bill Stewart and athletic director Ed Pastilong have been informed of the proceedings.
Holliday is known nationally for his ability to recruit Florida. He began making in-roads while an assistant for ex-Mountaineer head coach Don Nehlen and made waves that eventually led to jobs with North Carolina State and Florida.
When West Virginia officials chose Stewart as their head coach instead of Holliday almost two years ago, Holliday accepted a $406,000 salary to join Stewart as associate head coach. The contract made Holliday one of the nation's highest paid assistants.
Central Michigan's Butch Jones, the other Marshall finalist, reportedly signed a five-year deal to become the head coach at Cincinnati.
