Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will begin interviewing candidates this week for its vacant head football coaching position.
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Austin Peay hopes to have its next head coach—the program’s 18th—on board when the Governors spring practice, Monday, March 18th.
The candidates for the position, along with a brief synopsis of their coaching history plus the dates of their respective on-campus interviews, are:
Wednesday
Kirby Cannon, defensive backs coach, Central Michigan, 2010-; head coach, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1999-2010; assistant football coach, Western Illinois, 1997-99; assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Northern Michigan, 1995-97; defensive coordinator, Northeast Missouri State (now Truman State), 1993-95; defensive coordinator, North Central College, 1985-89.
Thursday
Granville Eastman, interim head coach, Austin Peay, 2013-; defensive coordinator, Austin Peay, 2005-13; defensive backs coach, Austin Peay, 2003-04; defensive coordinator, Tiffin University, 1999-2002.
Monday, March 11th
Andy McCollum, Recruiting coordinator/defensive line coach, Georgia Tech, 2010-; Linebackers coach, North Carolina State, 2007-09; advance scout, Tennessee Titans, 2006; head coach, Middle Tennessee State University, 1999-2005; associate head coach/linebackers, Baylor, 1994-98; wide receivers/special teams coach, Texas-El Paso, 1989-93; linebackers coach, Middle Tennessee, 1981-88
Tuesday, March 12th
Mike Markuson, offensive line coach, Wisconsin, 2012; offensive line coach, University of Mississippi, 2008-11; offensive line coach, Arkansas, 1998-2007; offensive line coach, Murray State, 1993-96; offensive line coach, Alabama A&M, 1991-92; offensive line coach, Austin Peay, 1990.
Wednesday, March 13th
Ashley Ingram, offensive line coach, Navy, 2008-; offensive coordinator, Bucknell, 2006-07; offensive line coach, Rhode Island, 2000-05; offensive line coach, West Alabama, 1999-2000
Thursday, March 14th
Lance Leipold, head coach, Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2007-; associate head coach/offensive coordinator, Nebraska-Omaha, 2004-06; administrative assistant, Nebraska, 2001-04; assistant football coach, Nebraska-Omaha, 1994-2001.