WKU Football Coach Fired - Could Romeo Crennel Replace Him?
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Former Cleveland Browns head coach and Western Kentucky University alumni Romeo Crennel was honored last week, being inducted into WKU’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni as part of the school’s homecoming weekend activities.
In the Homecoming game, the Hilltoppers lost to Troy, 40-20. The loss puts the team at 0-9 for the season and winless in their last 17 games - the longest losing streak in the country. On Monday, head coach David Elson was fired. He will remain with the team through their final 3 games.
So now WKU begins the search for a new head coach. My first thought: What about Romeo Crennel?
Sure, he didn’t have a lot of success as head coach with the Browns. But that was the NFL. With this job, he could go back to a college program where he’s probably better suited. He would be at his alma mater. And he would surely improve the Hilltopper football team while improving his head coaching skills at the same time.
Turns out my first thought wasn’t that far-fetched. WKU Athletic Director Wood Selig told WBKO in an interview that Crennel was approached about the possiblity of coaching for his alma mater.
“Romeo was our first call,” said Selig. “We owed it to ourselves, owed it to our fan base, owed it to WKU to touch base with Romeo. We did that yesterday and he indicated he wasn’t interested in being a candidate but was willing to help in any way possible.
“He’ll play a very vital role in the process.”
Who knows what that other role in the process might be. But it looks like Romeo Crennel is not interested in coaching at WKU. Too bad. Could have been a good fit.
-dcf
