UT interviews Auburn defensive coordinator
Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp interviewed with Texas coach Mack Brown for a similar position, sources close to the situation confirmed.
Muschamp met with other staff members while in Austin, and a decision is expected soon. Larry Mac Duff, the Longhorns' co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, resigned Wednesday.
Auburn ranked eighth nationally in total defense (298.3 yards per game) and fifth in scoring defense (16.7 points per game) this season.
Before taking over the Auburn defense in 2006, Muschamp worked for coach Nick Saban on staffs with the Miami Dolphins (2005) and LSU (2001-2004).
Muschamp was the defensive coordinator on LSU's 2003 national championship team.
-- Jimmy Burch
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TCU football: Athletic department officials said reports of the Horned Frogs playing at Ohio State in 2009 are not true. The Frogs have been in contact with the Buckeyes, and other programs, about future games, but a deal has been not been struck. Two media outlets in Ohio have reported TCU will fill a vacancy that was created when Army backed out.
-- Jeff Wilson
TCU kicker honored: Kickoff specialist Drew Combs, who was born with a left arm that ends just below the elbow, has been selected to ESPN analyst Mark May's All-Mayday Team, which honors players for toughness and determination.
West Virginia football: The Mountaineers made interim coach Bill Stewart their coach, giving him a five-year deal worth $4 million plus incentives.
Texas A&M football: The Aggies hired Dave Kennedy as strength and conditioning coach. Kennedy, 47, was strength coach at Nebraska (2004-07), Pittsburgh (2002-03) and Ohio State (1989-01).
Oklahoma State football: The Cowboys fired defensive line coach Nelson Barnes, The Oklahoman and the Tulsa World reported, citing anonymous sources. Barnes is a North Texas graduate and a former UNT and Texas assistant.
Miami football: Defensive end Calais Campbell announced he's skipping his senior season and entering the NFL Draft.
Baseball honors: Texas outfielder Kyle Russell and Texas A&M second baseman Blake Stouffer are first-team Louisville Slugger Preseason All-Americans. Rice outfielder Aaron Luna, from Southlake Carroll, and Texas outfielder Jordan Danks are on the second team.
Louisville football: The Cardinals hired former Michigan defensive coordinator Ron English as their coordinator and added Ted Roof, who was 6-45 in four-plus seasons as Duke's coach, as linebackers coach.
Stanford women's basketball: All-American Candice Wiggins is USA Basketball's 2007 Female Athlete of the Year.
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