I just got off the phone with MSU basketball assistant coach Robert Kirby, who interviewed a couple of weeks ago to become the head coach at Grambling.
As of today, no hire has been made, and he hasn’t heard back for a second interview.
Here’s some of what he had to say: “It’s a head coaching opportunity, and I don’t know which direction they are heading. They have a brand new arena, which is very nice, and they just built some new dorms. It’s a nice nice college town.”
“With new arena and dorms, it elevates the job. The thing they don’t have is basketball tradition. But no, I have not been offered the job. All I’ve done is interview for the job.”
“Their goal is to raise every sport and to elevate each sport to the level where football is. It takes a lot of commitment from a lot of different areas. I guess I’ll just sit back and see what happens.”
I asked him about the urgency of hiring a new coach due to recruiting, and he said university officials informed him they weren’t as concerned with recruiting this year as they were with hiring the right coach.
Grambling was 17-19 this past season.
