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12-06-2007, 11:54 AM
Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe will return next season to the Demon Deacons, rebuffing an apparent attempt to lure him to Arkansas to replace Houston Nutt, according to two published reports.
A source close to the program told the Associated Press on Thursday that Grobe will be staying in Winston-Salem.
A report in the Charlotte Observer, citing an athletics department source, said Grobe won't be taking over for Nutt.
"Jim Grobe was our coach yesterday, he's our coach today and he will be tomorrow," the source told the Observer.
ESPN.com's Pat Forde has learned that reports of a formal agreement with Grobe were "premature."
Incoming Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long said Thursday that while the search to replace Nutt is continuing, nothing has been finalized.
"While I have been involved in detailed discussions with candidates, no formal offer has been extended and no agreement has been reached," Long said.
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Grobe interviewed with Long on Tuesday.
The Grobe-to-Arkansas rumors started late Wednesday, after a private university fundraising arm in Arkansas approved a salary supplement for the Wake Forest coach. But there was no official word from Arkansas, however, on whether Grobe would replace Nutt, who quit Nov. 26 and was hired almost immediately by Mississippi.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPN4D@aol.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3143977
A source close to the program told the Associated Press on Thursday that Grobe will be staying in Winston-Salem.
A report in the Charlotte Observer, citing an athletics department source, said Grobe won't be taking over for Nutt.
"Jim Grobe was our coach yesterday, he's our coach today and he will be tomorrow," the source told the Observer.
ESPN.com's Pat Forde has learned that reports of a formal agreement with Grobe were "premature."
Incoming Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long said Thursday that while the search to replace Nutt is continuing, nothing has been finalized.
"While I have been involved in detailed discussions with candidates, no formal offer has been extended and no agreement has been reached," Long said.
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Grobe interviewed with Long on Tuesday.
The Grobe-to-Arkansas rumors started late Wednesday, after a private university fundraising arm in Arkansas approved a salary supplement for the Wake Forest coach. But there was no official word from Arkansas, however, on whether Grobe would replace Nutt, who quit Nov. 26 and was hired almost immediately by Mississippi.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPN4D@aol.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3143977