According to an e-mail sent by President Gary Ransdell earlier this morning, five people will be on the search committee to find Western’s next football head coach.
The committee will be chaired by Chief of Staff Deborah Wilkins and include Vice President of Student Affairs Howard Bailey, Faculty Athletic Representative James Brown, Hilltopper Athletic Foundation President Alex Downing and Athletics Director Wood Selig.
“This is an extremely talented and knowledgeable committee,” Selig said in a press release Monday afternoon. “The diversity in their job responsibilities and backgrounds will enable each to provide unique and valuable insight throughout this process.”
It was announced on Monday that Head Coach David Elson would not be retained following the 2009 season. Elson was 0-9 in his seventh season as head coach.
Continue to check wkuherald.com for developments on the coaching search
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All of these committee members are very knowledgeable people, but other than Selig, what do any of them know about evaluating football coaching talent?
I recall in the mid-1990s that UofL formed a search committee for a new coach after Schnellenberger left. The committee looked similar to this one, and they concluded with the hiring of Ron Cooper, which of course turned out to be a disaster.