Win or lose Saturday, Western Kentucky may have already lost its head coach. Reportedly.
Speculation had been mounting late Thursday night and on into Friday morning that Purdue had zeroed in on WKU’s Jeff Brohm as its next head coach. One Indianapolis radio personality even went so far as to call Brohm-to-Purdue all but a done deal.Not declaring it “done” yet but Jeff Brohm to Purdue is doneish(is that a word). Press conference Monday I’m hearing
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) December 2, 2016
That said, Rick Bozich of WDRB in Louisville subsequently reported that a source close to Brohm claimed that Dakich’s tweet “is 100-percent not true. It’s completely false.” The source did allow that, once the coach’s team finishes up the regular season, "[h]e’ll consider his future after that.”
Brohm, incidentally, is not represented by an agent, per Bozich.
Given Brohm’s connections to that area of the country -- he played at Louisville and coached at his alma mater as well -- he could also wait to see how the situation at Cincinnati plays out. Tommy Tuberville’s buyout with the Bearcats will be substantially reduced the middle of next week, and Brohm could very well be in play as a replacement.
In Brohm’s three seasons in Bowling Green, the Hilltoppers 29 games and one Conference USA championship. WKU could add a second consecutive title as they will face Louisiana Tech in the league championship game Saturday.
Western Michigan’s P.J. Fleck has been the name most connected to the Purdue opening. The Boilermakers could talk to Fleck saturday, after WMU’s MAC championship game appearance against Ohio Friday night. Depending on how such a conversation, if it even happens, goes would determine what if anything would happen on the Brohm front.
Les Miles has also been mentioned as a possibility at Purdue as well.