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Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson

Since coaches are such a hot topic today across all of college football, I thought I'd do a coach-themed links post today.

• Could another coach be named at the end of the day? That's what the Deseret News is reporting. Jared Eborn writes that Utah State is hammering out the details of a contract that would make Utah defensive coordinator Gary Andersen the Aggies' new head coach. The deal could be done by the end of the day.

• While Utah State is ready to hire a coach, San Diego State has hired a firm to assist with their coaching search, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. Apparently, former running back Marshall Faulk will be brought in to help as well.

• And staying with coaching searches, the buzz around Pat Hill's visit to Washington is starting to make some media wonder whether Hill might actually leave Fresno State.

• Louisiana Tech coach Derek Dooley could be out the door, too, which would put the Bulldogs in a bind of having to find a football coach and an athletic director. I guess Dooley has to give schools permission to talk to him.

• Eastern Michigan coach Jeff Genyk wanted to leave on a high note and might have incited a fight because of it. At the very least, he piqued the interest of MAC commissioner Rick Chryst.

• And to coaches who are being kept on, Jeff Carroll of the South Bend Tribune writes that keeping Charlie Weis at Notre Dame perpetuates a double standard between Weis and former coach Ty Willingham.

• And UCF coach George O'Leary isn't going to be fired or retire, but he's vowed to rebuild UCF.