News to upset some of the fans.

Interesting developments in the carosel of coaching…….According to a very good source – and believe me, sources are always very sketchy but this one has never steered me wrong — Dana Holgorsen will not be the next head coach of Pitt.

That’s all I can write about it now, I’ll have more later and I can say it with confidence – Holgorsen is not going to be the head coach at Pitt, pass it on to all who care.

But that doesn’t mean he might not still end up in the Big East…

The rumormill in the twitterverse indicated that WVU jumped in lately to offer Holgorsen the OC position and would then make him HC when Stewart retired in a year.

It’s all very strange.

UPDATE: Colin Dunlap, the PG’s WVU beat writer confirms the intrigue.

Sources confirmed today that a high-ranking official from West Virginia’s athletic department has been in contact with Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen about the head coaching position at West Virginia, even as there is no vacancy.

That job would only come open if West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck fired Mountaineers coach Bill Stewart either before, or after, West Virginia plays in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 28 against North Carolina State. Luck declined to comment.

A source confirmed it is probable Stewart will be fired if West Virginia does not win that bowl game, and could happen regardless of the outcome.

Can you say bidding war? There’s also speculation about the “coach-in-waiting” thing, but that Stewart is ready to resign if it comes to that. Neatly solving WVU’s Stewart problem regardless

Sorry. Family visiting. Things I couldn’t get out of, and I was not coming back to post until I had a chance to watch the Tenn-Pitt game (damn) until Sunday night (more on that later).

So Al Golden did turn out to be something of a serious candidate, but Miami wanted him as well. This actually is par for the course with Miami coaching choices since Dennis Erickson departed. Picking fairly conservative, disciplinarian, clean, guys. The ‘Canes tried to hire Jim Tressel before Butch Davis — who before the UNC scandal had cleaned-up and rebuilt Miami. Shannon was more of the same. Larry Coker was lacked the disciplinarian part, but was conservative in his game.

Florida surprised many by hiring Texas DC Will Muschamp. Gus Malzahn is unofficially out of contention for Pitt with Vandy offering him up to $3 million./year.

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