NEW ORLEANS — With one final chance to make his case for a
more permanent job, Southern interim football coach Dawson Odums
got what he absolutely had to have Saturday: A win in the Bayou
Classic.
Now, his fate rests in the hands of Athletic Director William
Broussard.
Odums and the Jaguars took a commanding lead in the second half against
Grambling, then held on for a 38-33 win over archrival Grambling in the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
If that was enough for Odums to take over full-time, Broussard wasn’t
saying.
He did offer this much: Odums won’t be the only candidate to replace
Stump Mitchell, who was reassigned after two-plus seasons and a
6-18 record at SU.
“We’ll proceed to a national search next week,” Broussard said Saturday.
“That will give me an opportunity to sit and talk with coach Odums and kind of
do a formal review of the season and his performance as the head coach.”
Odums went 4-5 during his nine-game tenure. He took control of the team after
its 6-0 home loss to Mississippi Valley State on Sept. 13, then led the Jaguars
to three wins over their next four games.
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