Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will begin interviewing candidates this week for its vacant head football coaching position.
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.
