https://twitter.com/#!/GoodmanCBS/status/199140891850571778
Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports has reported five names that have been tied into the Morehead State job.
Wade O'Connor, Matthew Graves (Associated Head Coach at Butler) Sean Woods (Mississippi Valley State) John Brennan (assistant at Alabama) and Brett Nelson (assistant at Drake)
Of those five, Matthew Graves should be heads and shoulders above the rest. He is the associated head coach at a school who went to back-to-back NCAA runner-ups. He has success with recruiting in the state of Kentucky, i.e. Sheldon Mack from Bryan Station and Kameron Woods from Louisville Eastern. He has also been listed as one of the top assistants at the mid-major level for the last couple of years. He has been a coach at Butler for nine seasons and is looking to get a head coaching job. I really think he should be the top choice.
We have already talked about Woods and Brennan. Nelson was an All-American player at Florida. He was an assistant under Donnie Jones at Marshall and UCF. He has also had stops at Alabama and Florida before ending up at Drake.
Also this tid bid from Goodman for all of you wanting Kelly Wells, https://twitter.com/#!/GoodmanCBS/status/199141333208809473 saying that he is not one of the top canidates makes me really happy. I really like the five people that Goodman mentioned for the job.