Report: UAB no longer eyeing LSU's Fisher; looking to Ga. instead
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Posted 3:10PM on Friday, December 15, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB's search for a new football coach is no longer focusing on LSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher.<br>
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The Birmingham News reported that a meeting scheduled for Thursday with Fisher in Baton Rouge was canceled amid concerns by UAB trustees that hiring Fisher, who now makes $400,000 as an assistant, would be too costly. Watson Brown, who left UAB's head coaching post to run the program at Tennessee Tech, was making about $375,000 per year.<br>
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The News said Georgia offensive coordinator Neil Callaway is now the top candidate on UAB's list.<br>
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Information from: The Birmingham News
