Boston College Promotes Frank Spaziani to Avoid Interviews and Gatorade Baths

Frank Spaziani is the new football coach at Boston College, promoted after spending 12 seasons as an assistant with the Eagles. Spaziani’s appointment will be announced at a 3 p.m. news conference Tuesday, according to various media sources. Spaziani takes over for Jeff Jagodzinski, who was fired after he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets. Jagodzinski, who had three years left on his five-year contract, had been told by athletic director Gene DeFilippo that he would be fired if he went through with the interview. DeFilippo has said he wants a coach who will serve out the full length of his contract (unless, of course, he fires him before the end of said term). Rumors that DeFilippo was considering firing Spaziani just a few minutes after announcing he’d been hired, after he learned that his new coach actually had a draft of his résumé on his home computer, have, so far, turned out to be false. (link)