BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Dawson Odums is no longer keeping the seat warm for Southern University’s
next football coach. He is the next football coach.
On Friday afternoon, the SU System Board of Supervisors approved Athletic
Director William Broussard’s recommendation to remove the interim tag from
Odums’ title, making him the long-term leader of a football program that will
try again after many failed attempts to return to the top of the Southwestern
Athletic Conference.
The board voted unanimously to approve the recommendation after hearing from
Broussard, who reassigned Stump Mitchell on Sept. 14 and promised not to begin
searching for a new coach until Southern’s season ended.
The search netted three finalists: Odums, Nevada assistant James Spady and
Bethune-Cookman coach Brian Jenkins.
Spady, who was offensive coordinator at Grambling for three seasons,
interviewed in person Monday. Odums had his final interview Tuesday. Jenkins
pulled his name from consideration and got a contract extension at
Bethune-Cookman.
In the end, Broussard settled on Odums, who led the Jaguars to a 4-5 record
in their final nine games.
“He presented the most complete package for Southern University right now,”
Broussard said.
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