Sam Houston names Football Coaching Finalists

[Harry]

Four highly-qualified candidates for the job of head football coach at Sam Houston State will visit the campus Monday and Tuesday, SHSU Director of Athletics Bobby Williams has announced.

K. C. Keeler, Mel Tjeersdma, Scott Wachenheim and Darrell Wyatt make up the quartet of finalists. Williams indicated a fifth finalist could also be could be interviewed.

Each of these coaches meet the criteria we set out when we started our search, Williams said. Among the candidates are individuals with FBS and bowl experience, an FCS head coach with playoff and national title experience and an NCAA Division II head coach who has won national championships.

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[Marty]

Tjeersdma was a heck of coach at Austin College and building Northwest Missouri into a national power at the BCS level. He's pushing 70 now and has been out of coaching for the past few years. Seeing him in the final 4 is a surprise.

[NT03]

Michael Canales, offensive coordinator, at North Texas, has been named as a fifth finalist for the SHSU football head coaching job.

— The Huntsville Item (@HuntsvilleItem)

January 19, 2014

[jtm0097]

Woah

[JKvsHimself]

Now things are getting interesting.

[Mean_Green09]

I was just told Mike Canles will interview Tuesday for the job.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Thinking out loud here, but just how smart is it to actually list your finalist for a HFC's job and that for public consumption?

One gets chosen and the others then look like chopped liver?

GMG!

[UNTFan23]

Thinking out loud here, but just how smart is it to actually list your finalist for a HFC's job and that for public consumption?

One gets chosen and the others then look like chopped liver?

GMG!

I would think being named as a finalist shows that someone out there thinks you're ready for such a job. I don't see how it hurts anyone.