Rivals site InsideHilltopperSports.com is reporting tonight that erstwhile UNT defensive coordinator Clint Bowen could be headed somewhere else without even stopping in Denton first. Site publisher Jason Stamm told me a few hours ago that sources say Bowen is set to be named defensive coordinator at Indiana in what could be a collision of bad timing for new UNT coach Dan McCarney. Things have been quiet over at the AC after various sources confirmed Bowen's hiring to different publications (including TMGR), so you have to wonder if the smoke is real.
Bowen was Western Kentucky's DC for one season (2010) after being swept out in the Mark Mangino staff bloodletting at Kansas following the 2009 season. I'm told there's been no Bowen sighting at the AC, and there's precedent at UNT for this.
Remember Derek Lewis? I had to look him up to recall the name, but Todd Dodge hired Lewis from Texas in January of 2007 to be UNT's defensive ends coach. A month into the gig, Lewis bolted to work for Tim Brewster at Minnesota in what resembled the shortest hire in UNT history. If UNT has officially processed Bowen and he leaves, that'll break Lewis' record as a short-timer.
Since then, Minnesota has cleaned house again with Brewster's firing and hired a new coach, but Lewis' bio still popped up in the Gophers' archive. The funniest part is Lewis actually listed that one month (or less) he spent at UNT as DE coach under Dodge -- which begs the question: Why bother?
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