[pirateforlife]

Here's my top 3:

1. Michael Burchett - LONG shot, but he is interested and I suspect he'll have a conversation with Principal Ricky Thacker soon. If he wants the job, its a no brainer.

2. Paul Sullivan - Family ties to Prestonsburg, paid his dues as DC at Pikeville, and knows what it takes to win. He has been contacted to gauge interest and from what I was told the conversation went well. Take that for what it's worth.

3. Derek Newsome - Current OC at Prestonsburg and PHS grad. Offensive minded, young, played OL at KCU, teacher at Allen, kids love him, already knows the landscape. Would be a long term hire. Makes sense to me if the above two say no.

Would Burchett or Sullivan be guys you’d see being there long term. Burchett has D1 coaching experience and seems he’d want to keep moving up the coaching ladder. For Sullivan people I’ve talked to always said he’d be the replacement when Mcnamee retires. Mcnamee is around 55. Will he coach until he’s 70 like Haywood and Hilton? Don’t know but most don’t. I just assumed from what I’ve been told he’d be the next coach at Pikeville.