Cougars fire football coach Paul Wulff
Mike Leach: AD Bill Moos acknowledges exTexas Tech coach, 50, to become on his shortlist. He got the Red Raiders into 10 straight bowl games ahead of controversial exit in 2009.Kevin Sumlin: Houston Cougars coach is also a shortlist candidate, in accordance with Moos. Was when a grad assistant at WSU, but with an undefeated team, in all probability can land a a great deal more plum job.Scott Linehan: Sunnyside item, 48, went to Idaho, assisted at UW and had an 1125 record from 200608 as head coach with the St. Louis Rams. Now offensive coordinator using the Detroit Lions, he may well be pried loose, but timing may very well be from the a problem.Jim McElwain: Montanan is offensive coordinator at Alabama. He played at Eastern Washington, and coached there (198594) as 1st of six college assistant's jobs.Jim Michalzcik: Port Angeles solution played alongside Paul Wulff on WSU's '88 Aloha Bowl team. Has coached five years below Dennis Erickson. As offensive coordinator now below California's Jeff Tedford, hard to decide scope of responsibility.Mike Bellotti: Nobody Moos is additional familiar with immediately after their lengthy consumers partnership at Oregon. He got the Red Raiders into 10 fundamental straight bowl games ahead of a controversial exit in 2009.Kevin Sumlin: Houston Cougars coach is also a shortlist candidate, in accordance with Moos. Was when a grad assistant at WSU, but with an undefeated team, possibly can land a extra plum job.Scott Linehan: Sunnyside solution, 48, went to Idaho, assisted at UW and had an 1125 record from 200608 as head coach in the NFL's St. Louis Rams. Now offensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions, he might be pried loose, but timing may very well be a problem.Jim McElwain: Montanan is offensive coordinator at Alabama. He played at Eastern Washington, and coached there (198594) as initial of six college assistant's jobs.Jim Michalzcik: Port Angeles product played alongside Paul Wulff on WSU's '88 Aloha Bowl team. Has coached 5 years below Dennis Erickson. As offensive coordinator now beneath California's Jeff Tedford, hard to find out scope of duty.Mike Bellotti: No one Moos is more familiar with soon after their lengthy partnership at Oregon. But Bellotti, practically 61, prefers warmer climes, and Moos acknowledges he's only a "soft" member of his shortlist.Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said he "had pretty substantially made my decision" to fire football coach Paul Wulff soon after the 3821 Apple Cup loss Saturday evening.The Tuesday dismissal struck Wulff, an alum from the college, as a departure from the norm."I believe the innocence of Washington State has been lost now," he mentioned within a midafternoon news conference. "We never consume our personal. I leave with a heavy heart."Wulff is correct about one thing: Firings are uncommon at WSU. This might possibly be the first due to the fact 1967, when Bert Clark was cashiered in favor of Jim Sweeney.4 years ago, Bill Doba, Wulff's predecessor, and thenWSU AD Jim Sterk maintained that Doba's exit wasn't forced. And Sterk, in an interview in September using the Occasions, said he approached Doba with all the query of whether or not he had the power "to construct it back up again," and when Doba declined, the resignation was announced.In candor uncommon for job searches, Moos acknowledged that exTexas Tech coach Mike Leach is on his shortlist of "six or seven" prospects to replace Wulff. The Times reported Saturday night that Leach would top the WSU list if Wulff have been fired.Leach is believed to be a best target of Kansas, however, where athletic director Sheahon Zenger has an old association with Leach. Amid a profession mainly in athletic administration, Zenger published a coaching magazine inside the 1990s named American Football Quarterly, and visited with Leach more than after relating to his spread offense.Moos also acknowledged Houston coach Kevin Sumlin to be on that list, but Sumlin is anticipated according to as soon as to be a hot home with his undefeated group.Moos talked about a two to threeweek time frame for any new employ, but there can be indications it might be quicker.Wulff, meanwhile, thanked a extended list of WSU support persons, but one particular possibly be prominent omission was president Elson Floyd, identified to be a critic of his program."I have no bitter feelings with regards to Washington State, this spot, at all," stated Wulff. But as for whether he would have undertaken the rebuilding job again, he stated, "Not unless I was assured X quantity of years coaching."Moos met with Wulff on Sunday, and said he wanted to possess Wulff go through with a booster luncheon in Spokane on Monday exactly where he got a standing ovation for the reason that "a great deal of consumers like Paul Wulff. I felt that was essential."In my 30 years within this enterprise, I've met no finer man than Paul Wulff. Obtaining stated that, we're at a juncture with Cougar football that I really feel is critical . we've either got to run with all the major dogs, or admit we're doormats."Moos talked about apathy amongst plenty of fans, referring cryptically to "no butts in the seats." Attendance Nov. 19 for the snowy Utah game, hurt by students gone on Thanksgiving break, plummeted to 16,419.Moos has been an athletic director since 1990, at Montana, Oregon and WSU, but has never named a football coach. Still, there is no doubt who will make the hire.