TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The search for a new head football coach at Florida
A&M is down to four candidates, including two that were players at FAMU.
Athletic Director Derek Horne said Friday he expects to
begin interviewing the finalists as early as Jan. 2, when FAMU resumes business
following the holiday break. While Horne didn’t name the four, interim head
coach Earl Holmes and former FSU assistant coach John Eason are expected to be
interviewed.
The four names have been submitted to interim president
Larry Robinson, and each of them will be asked to make plans to be on campus
during the first week of January, Horne said. Twenty-three candidates applied
for the position, which became vacant when Joe Taylor retired from coaching
college football in early November.
Former FAMU coach Rubin Carter, who was fired and
replaced by Taylor in 2008, was one of the candidates. His former assistant
Charles Huff also applied, but neither is believed to have made the final
cut.
In addition to Holmes, who played at FAMU during the
1990s, and Eason, who was a Rattler during the 1960s, two other former Rattlers
applied. They are Ja’Juan Seider and Terry Beauford. Willie Simmons, a former
player at Shanks High School who is now offensive coordinator at Alcorn State,
also was among the applicants.
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