After Shannon Dawson’s exit created a vacancy at offensive coordinator, the next question fans were asking yesterday is “Who’s next?” At first people screamed facetiously for Hal Mumme, then there were some murmurs than former Kansas head coach Mark Mangino could be a possibility. Now, the name at the top of the list is Cincinnati offensive coordinator Eddie Gran.
Here’s what we know about him thus far.
He was a top candidate for the job last year
When looking for Neal Brown’s replacement, it was a three-horse race for the job. Most people knew that it could be Dawson or Lincoln Riley – ECU’s offensive coordinator that would become National Assistant of the Year for Mark’s brother Bob – but few people knew that Eddie Gran was the third finalist.