North Carolina Central plans to talk with SU's Dawson Odums

SU''s HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DAWSON ODUMS
(Photo Courtesy Southern University Athletics)

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- North Carolina Central University has received permission to speak with Southern football coach Dawson Odums about its vacant head coaching position.

Jaguars spokesman Chris Jones confirmed late Wednesday night that athletic director William Broussard had granted permission to Odums’ alma mater to speak with him. WBRZ-TV had first reported that permission had been given.

Neither Broussard nor Odums immediately returned phone messages late Wednesday night.

Odums, a native of Shelby, N.C., guided Southern to its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship in 10 years in his first full season as head coach as the Jaguars defeated Jackson State 34-27 in double overtime last Saturday in Houston.

Southern finished 9-4 this season and was 4-5 under Odums’ guidance as interim coach in 2012 after he was promoted from defensive coordinator when Stump Mitchell was fired after an 0-2 start. Odums has one year remaining on his contract.

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