Gill to WKY? Unlikely
The move doesn't make sense for a number of reasons:
---Gill's package at UB totals $401,300, while Western Kentucky paid former coach David Elson $259,808. WKY probably can't afford Gill.
---Western Kentucky is in its first season of Football Bowl Subdivision football after 20 years of Football Championship Subdivision football. Why would Gill take another rebuilding job at a non BCS school? Over the last two years, Gill was interviewed by Nebraska, Auburn and Syracuse while Washington State and Iowa State showed interest. An Iowa State source told me that Gill was its No. 1 candidate.
---The job UB fans should be worried about if it comes open is Kansas. Jayhawks coach Mark Mangino’s tenure seems a bit unsteady as the university probes allegations that he verbally abused players and had physical contact with them, including poking linebacker Arist Wright in the chest during a walk-through practice in October. Gill has a relationship with Jayhawks AD Lew Perkins and he has a long storied history in the Big 12 as an assistant at Nebraska. And Gill's daughter, Jordan, is a student at KU.
Kansas would be a more natural fit for Gill instead of Western Kentucky.
