Reports: B-CU's Jenkins candidate for Southern U. head-coaching job

COACH BRIAN JENKINS ON THE MOVE...

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  --  On a day when Bethune-Cookman football coach Brian Jenkins won a regional coach of the year award, The Times-Picayune and The Sports Network reported he is one of six candidates to be the next head coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.

But B-CU athletic director Lynn Thompson said Monday night that Southern has yet to contact the Wildcats to ask permission to interview the third-year coach.

"(Jenkins) got a call last week from Southern, and he instructed them that they had to contact me,'' Thompson said. "And I haven't heard from Southern.''

Jenkins, 41, was named the Football Championship Subdivision Co-Region Two Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, the AFCA announced Monday. He shared the award with Stony Brook's Chuck Piore.

Jenkins could not be reached for comment Monday night.

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