Doug isn’t done interviewing.
Williams, who flirted with the Southern job before securing a contract extension from the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, nevertheless interviewed for the open University of South Florida college job this week. His former Bucs teammate and friend Lee Roy Selman is on the search committee.
East Carolina’s Skip Holtz is considered the leading candidate to replace Jim Leavitt, though former USF assistant coach Calvin Magee, now offensive coordinator at Michigan, and Tommy Bowden have also been mentioned. Bowden, the former Auburn coach, is now at Division II North Alabama. One other connection: Rich Busaccia, also an assistant with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The associate head coach and special teams coach is being supported by ex-Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks for the job.
Leavitt, coach at South Florida in all 13 seasons of the football program’s existence, compiled a 94-57 record — including 8-5 this season. But offseason allegations that Leavitt grabbed walk-on running back by the throat and slapped him twice on the sideline during a Nov. 21 game against Louisville led to his eventual dismissal. Leavitt has denied the charges and is trying to win his job back through a lawsuit.
Before joining the Tampa Bay front office, where he now works as pro personnel director, Williams coached Grambling, his alma mater, to three Southwestern Athletic Conference titles between 1998-2003 — compiling a 52-18 record. Williams also served as head coach at Morehouse College for one season in 1997, coached running backs at Navy, was offensive coordinator for the defunct World League’s Scottish Claymores, and scouted for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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