It has been almost a month since Southern launched into a search to search out the soccer program’s subsequent head coach.
Southern Athletic Director Roman Banks has been steadfast in that he needs to rent the best attainable candidate.
And which means inspecting which candidates actually wish to job for the appropriate causes and for the very best curiosity of the soccer program and college.
Banks described to The Advocate how the search course of goes and the challenges of it.
Considered one of them, he stated, was figuring out candidates who understood that the payscale at Southern will not be that of an FBS program.
“Some are keen, some guys have an interest however wish to be paid such as you’re a Energy 5 program (and) then they modify their tune,” Banks instructed the newspaper. “The higher candidates have an interest within the job for the job, not simply the pay. Despite the fact that our pay is low, they nonetheless wish to be the coach at Southern. People who find themselves actually recruit you essentially the most. We wish somebody who will work the job prefer it’s the very best on planet Earth.
Eric Dooley, who was fired by Southern after two seasons right into a four-year contract, reportedly earned $310,000 per yr.
The Advocate reported that, for now, Southern has had rumored curiosity in Saints assistant Curtis Johnson and Bethune-Cookman assistant DJ McCarthy.
“You additionally need somebody who understands traditionally what it means to be the coach at Southern and is accustomed to our program, and understands the expectations,” he stated. “You search excessive and low for the appropriate individual.”
Banks instructed The Advocate that he hopes to call a coach by subsequent week.
