Saturday, December 20, 2014

Bethune-Cookman gets permission to talk to Southern coach Dawson Odums

MEAC school, searching for new coach, gets permission from Southern athletic director to make contact

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  For the second time in a year, another university is looking at Southern football coach Dawson Odums as a candidate for its vacant head coaching position.

Last season, it was North Carolina Central that interviewed Odums, who turned down his alma mater before signing a new contract with the Jaguars.

On Friday, Bethune-Cookman received permission from Southern Athletic Director William Broussard to talk to Odums, who has taken the Jaguars to consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championship games, winning the 2013 title and losing to Alcorn State 38-24 two weeks ago.

Bethune-Cookman seems to have a greater sense of urgency about filling the opening than Odums does. Wildcats Athletic Director Lynn Thompson told the Daytona Beach News-Journal on Wednesday that he planned to fill the position quickly.

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