http://www.footballrumormill.com All the Latest from the Coaching Carousel... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:04:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Louisville lags roughly 6,000 behind its season-ticket total from last season at a stadium that will be expanded by more than 13,000 seats for the 2010 season. That construction is under way. The Courier-Journal learned through an open-records request that the university sold 27,218 season tickets by the school's ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/07/01/louisville-football-tickets-a-hard-sell/ So it goes for Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, who has yet to announce his intentions when it comes to moonlighting another season as the play-caller for the Cowboys' lethal offense. Life has never been dull in Gundy's four seasons running the program at his alma mater. Whether ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/07/01/gundy-hasnt-decided-if-hell-call-plays/ University of Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen says he might want to remain in his post for up to five more years if the team is performing well - a move that could complicate the school's coaching succession plan. Friedgen, 62, said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/07/01/friedgen-says-he-might-stay-on-past-contract/ Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin didn't have to think long when he went looking for strength and conditioning coach to replace Mark Smith. "I knew that was the direction I wanted to go," Kiffin said of hiring Aaron Ausmus. "It was very easy for me." And likely very easy for Ausmus ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/25/kiffin-hires-new-strength-coach/ Bob Stoops will make nearly $5 million as Oklahoma football coach in 2011, should he remain that long, according to his revised contract approved Wednesday by the OU Board of Regents at their regularly scheduled meeting in Ardmore. – Tulsa World http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/25/stoops-to-make-5-million-by-2011/ Ole Miss' Houston Nutt: The Rebels and their head coach have been riding the wave of optimism since their Cotton Bowl win over Texas Tech. Ole Miss is a preseason top 10 pick in most polls and is being touted as the team to beat in the SEC West. ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/22/nutt-rebels-try-to-handle-pressure-of-expectations/ Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio completed another off-season radio interview over the weekend, this time with a station in Lakewood, Ohio, outside of Cleveland. No major news came from the session, but a few interesting tidbits resulted from the questions Dantonio received from Glenn Moore and Dan Brock on ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/22/dantonio-msu-is-last-coaching-job/ Cincinnati has given football coach Brian Kelly a contract extension, adding a year at nearly $1.5 million. The school said Monday that Kelly is guaranteed $1.475 million to coach the Bearcats through the 2013 season. He had been signed through 2012. – AP http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/22/cincy-extends-kelly/ Follow the money, and it'll lead to the SEC. A report released Monday in Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal ranks the 10 highest-earning football programs in the country. Five (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee) reside in the SEC. A sixth SEC school, LSU, barely missed the cut, checking ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/16/five-of-top-10-earners-reside-in-sec/ Before a packed house, the guest speaker expressed confidence in his team, which opens Sept. 5 at Ohio. "I feel good about this group of young men that we have in terms of their focus and what's going on," UConn coach Randy Edsall said. "We do have a very ... http://www.footballrumormill.com/2009/06/16/edsall-feels-good-about-uconns-football-team/