JMU coaching candidates: Who replaces Curt Cignetti?

This is a great job with the right coach, as the FBS transition has been seamless.

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Curt Cignetti left for Indiana, meaning an underrated job is open. JMU has had no hiccup whatsoever moving from the FCS to the FBS, going 19-4 in its first two FBS seasons.

Longtime Dukes AD Jeff Bourne is retiring this spring. But before then, he has a coach to hire. JMU is using Collegiate Sports Associates to assist in the search.

Let’s look at some candidates:

Anthony Poindexter, Penn State safeties coach. Poindexter is a College Football Hall of Famer who starred at Virginia and coached there for 11 years. He is a co-DC now with the Nittany Lions, who boast the nation’s No. 1 defense. Poindexter was in the mix for the Virginia job that went to Tony Elliott two years ago, and he would be an ideal fit at JMU.