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WKU interim coach Holt: 'Oh, I want this job'

Nick Holt is the current leader of the Western Kentucky football program. And he doesn’t want to give that role up anytime soon.

Holt on Tuesday addressed the media for the first time since assuming interim head coaching duties. The Hilltoppers’ associate head coach/defensive coordinator was handed that interim tag Monday in the wake of coach Jeff Brohm’s departure to Purdue.

After Holt gave a 10-minute opening statement Tuesday on the current state of the program, he was asked what sort of interest he has in the full-time WKU coaching job.

“Oh, I want this job,” Holt said in a news conference at E.