According to media reports, coach Matt Rhule met Sunday with the University of Missouri to interview for the vacant head coaching position left by the departure of former coach Gary Pinkel, who resigned after the season due to his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
On Tuesday, OwlScoop.com reported that Rhule is no longer a candidate for the Missouri job.
Temple, No. 20 in the AP Top 25 Poll, faces No. 17 Houston Saturday in the American Athletic Conference’s inaugural conference championship game at John O’Quinn Field at TDECU Stadium.
“I don’t think anything about me would be a distraction,” Rhule said.