Chad Lunsford expected Saturday afternoon’s game at Coastal Carolina to be part of his audition to be the permanent head football coach at Georgia Southern.
The 40-year-old Anderson native was appointed the interim head coach when Tyson Summers was fired six winless games into the season.
Lunsford, who had been the Eagles assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach, expressed his desire to have the interim tag removed and it happened Monday afternoon. So he’ll be coaching Saturday as the leader of a college football program for the first time.
He is in his second stint at Georgia Southern.