Kyle Whittingham Among The 'Dark Horse' Candidates Fans Want For Texas A&M Job

Texas A&M fired Jimbo Fisher on Sunday, and college football fans have been conjuri

College football is sometimes the craziest place to be, and that only becomes more true when a head coaching job at a prominent program opens up. 

The latest example of this has occurred on Sunday, as the Texas A&M Aggies decided to swallow the pill and fire Jimbo Fisher. The decision will cost them $76 million, but it will allow them to start fresh with a new head coach who they hope can get them to that next level.

Since the firing is fresh, there have been dozens of candidates thrown out for the job by fans and analysts with names like Deion Sanders, Jim Harbaugh, and Pete Carroll all being suggested. However, one name that stands out and hits a bit close to home is Utah's Kyle Whittingham.

Now granted this is just fans suggesting things, but to be shocked that other programs could be interested in Utah's leading man would be delusional. Whittingham has constantly done more with less, and has curated one of the best cultures in all of college football. Not to mention, he appears to have this Utah program at the highest level it has been during his tenure which is a scary thought for opponents. Likely all reasons that one fan took to a message board to suggest that he would be a great replacement for Fisher.

#TexasAM Head Coach Hot Board Version 2.0:
1. Dave Aranda
2. A Mormon with the initials KW pic.twitter.com/TAdshlcWEw

— Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) November 12, 2023

Now realistically it would take quite an offer to lure him away, and even then it still wouldn't make sense. Whittingham has been part of Utah's program since 1994, and even chose to be the head coach at Utah over BYU where he and his father played. He also turned down Tennessee a while back, as well denied interest in coaching at USC. It would be a huge change for the Utah native, and at his age (63) it feels fair to question if he'd want to rebuild a program.

Aggies fans may have to bark up another tree to find their next coach.