The head coaching vacancies for college football are quickly closing.
Georgia Tech was one of the options for Alabama’s offensive coordinator, Bill O’Brien. Several reports had him rumored as the primary candidate for the job, but things have now changed. According to Ken Sugiura of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Yellow Jackets have zeroed in on Tulane’s Willie Fritz as its new head coach. A deal is in place for Fritz to take the Georgia Tech job and all signs indicate he will take it. Talks about O’Brien becoming the Yellow Jackets’ head coach have cooled.
Georgia Tech has a deal in place for a new head coach and all indications are that it’s Tulane coach Willie Fritz, a person familiar with the situation told the AJC.