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Jeff Quinn is seriously considering an option to stay on and be the head-coach. At first, it was announced that Quinn would be joining Kelly in South Bend. From what I have heard, Kelly was in a battle for salary's for his assistants, one being his top guy Quinn. Kelly felt that it ND did not match what UC would likely pay Quinn to stay, that Quinn would not come to ND and would likely apply for the UC job. I'm now understanding that Quinn would be open to the discussion with UC, and AD Mike Thomas are in talks.

Quinn is preparing the Cats for the Bowl game, as he did when Kelly left CMU to come to UC. When Kelly left, it was felt that CMU would have a letdown in their bowl game against Middle Tennessee State, but Quinn coached the team to victory. It's my understanding that none of the UC coaches have signed with ND (They can't while still coaching the UC team), thus this makes it open for UC to see how Quinn deals with this very distraught team. I'd say this is both a tryout for Quinn as a headcoach, as well as an opportunity for him to decide if he wants to be a head coach.

I like Quinn, but can he recruit the way Kelly did?