Who Tulane's list for head coach should be

1. Jim Leonard - no brainer - 6 years as DC at Wisconsin after a good NFL career

2. Clay Helton - Georgia Southern, former head coach at Southern Cal, and very respected. Played at Auburn and Houston, so he understands I-10 and I-20.

3. Tom Herman - no explanation needed - he would certainly be interested over staying at FAU

4. Blake Anderson at Utah State. Has been at ULL, USM and Arky State. Played at Sam Houston when Willie Fritz was an assistant there. Makes 1.5M, Tulane paid Willie 2.5M.

David Shaw - former head coach at Stanford. Worth a phone call.

Kane Wommack at South Alabama. No brainer.

Pretty far down on the list: Mike Bloomgren - laugh if you want, yes I know his record at Rice is 22-45, but he's turned high academic Rice into a bowl team, 7 years at Stanford, 5 of those as a coordinator. Still young.