If LK leaves, promote Wayne immediately! No interim status (given the one year contracts the interim label is redundant and hurts the program in terms of recruiting and otherwise.) If your program is back on it's way up, an interim label pinned on the head coach is destabilizing and flat out makes makes no sense! Also, Wayne is an outstanding coach and an absolutley exemplary human being. I think the players who are currently with the program would really be pulling for Wayne. We have promoted from within in the past when the program was doing well (e.g. Morrill, Taylor) and going through the process of interviews etc. would IMHO be a slap in the face to the players and Wayne. :twocents: