{"id":6356,"date":"2013-12-19T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T00:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2013-12-19T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T00:04:19","slug":"everett-withers-reportedly-is-going-to-be-the-new-jmu-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6356","title":{"rendered":"Everett Withers Reportedly Is Going to Be the New JMU Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports by FootballScoop.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.footballscoop.com\/news\/12006-everett-withers-will-be-the-new-head-coach-at-james-madison\">Everett Withers will be the new head coach of the JMU Dukes<\/a>. Withers has been the co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach to Urban Meyers at Ohio State for the past two years. Prior to joining the Buckeye staff, Withers was the interim head coach for North Carolina in the wake of Butch Davis&#8217; dismissal. He also spent time as the defensive coordinator for the Tarheels and was on the coaching staff for the University of Minnesota, Tennessee Titans, and University of Texas. There has been no confirmation from Withers, any of his people, JMU, or Ohio State at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Weathers and JMU are currently finalizing contract negotiations and we can all expect a press conference and official announcement tomorrow. We&#8217;ll be back with plenty of thoughts on the potential hiring once the ink is dry. Provided JMU doesn&#8217;t get <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5060\">Mummed again<\/a> of course.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6356&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports by FootballScoop.com, Everett Withers will be the new head coach of the JMU Dukes. Withers has been the co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach to Urban Meyers at Ohio State for the past two years. Prior to joining the Buckeye staff, Withers was the interim head coach for North Carolina in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6359,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6359","url_meta":{"origin":6356,"position":0},"title":"Everett Withers Is Officially Your JMU Football Coach","date":"December 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Boom. Everett Withers is officially the 6th head football coach at James Madison University. Fans were forced to sweat it out all day after reports surfaced yesterday that the deal was all but done. Thankfully, JMU didn't get Mummed again. 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