This week the search committee interviewed SIU interim head coach Nick Hill, former University of Minnesota offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover, former Texas Longhorns offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and Syracuse running backs coach DeAndre Smith.
Jonathon Howard, a first-year law student from Provo, Utah, said the committee interviewed the candidates on campus Sunday through Wednesday. Howard, the only student representative on the committee, said the committee generally liked Limegrover, who was fired Nov. 29 by Gophers football coach Tracy Claeys. Claeys took over the Minnesota program after Jerry Kill's unexpected retirement.
Howard, who said the interviews were about two hours each, does not know which candidate Athletic Director Tommy Bell will pick.