Al Golden will be on the football field Friday morning for Temple's first bowl practice. He won't be in Minneapolis, accepting the Gophers' coaching job.
That's according to OwlScoop.com, a Rivals website that covers Temple athletics.
Golden "is not a candidate for the vacant head coaching positions at Minnesota, Vanderbilt or Indiana," the website reported Thursday, citing "a source." That's the most definitive denial that Golden, 8-4 this season, his fifth at the Philadelphia school, is interested in coming to Minnesota. Golden has been rumored to be among athletic director Joel Maturi's possibilities for the Gopher job since Tim Brewster was fired in October.
Golden not interested in Gophers?
Temple coach "not a candidate," according to a source
December 3, 2010 at 2:47AM
The Gophers played with more urgency, but it wasn’t enough to keep them from another conference sweep, and they lost LJ Mooney to injury in the process.
