Interim coaches face tricky situations, uncertain futures

UNDATED (AP) — Just about every assistant coach in the country considers the possibility of eventually getting a chance to run his own program.

Rarely do they imagine taking over at midseason with no advance notice.

Yet that’s the situation facing North Texas’ Mike Canales, South Carolina’s Shawn Elliott, Southern California’s Clay Helton and Maryland’s Mike Locksley. They became interim coaches this week after the sudden departures of their bosses.

They join Bill Cubit, who was named Illinois’ interim coach before the season.

According to STATS, the last time five different Football Bowl Subdivision schools had interim coaches at once during the regular season was 2003, though its records only noted those who took over after the start of the season and didn’t include someone in Cubit’s situation.

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