SMU AD No contact with Mack Brown regarding coaching job

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SMU Director of Athletics Rick Hart disputed a report Friday that the Mustangs have had preliminary discu sions with former Texas coach Mack Brown to take over as head coach.Those discu sions Michael Turner Jersey , , have included a salary structure of $4 million per year over eight years. But Hart took to Twitter to refute the story.(1/3) While it is not our policy to comment during Dorian Etheridge Jersey  a search proce s, the attention a recent report has attracted dictates it be addre sed. Rick Hart (@AD_RickHart) (2/2) While we have a great deal of respect for Mack Brown, no one a sociated with our search has contacted him or his representatives. Rick Hart (@AD_RickHart) (3/3) To that end, there has been no offer or discu sion of compensation with any potential candidates. Rick Hart (@AD_RickHart) Earlier this month, Brown's attorney, Joe Jamail, told the Austin American-Statesman that Brown was . He also said Brown Mike Pennel Jersey  had received several other coaching offers but turned them down.Since receiving the NCAA "death penalty" for egregious recruiting  Tyeler Davison Jersey violations in the early 1980s, Mustangs football has never risen to the same heights as the famed "Pony Expre s" backfield of future r Eric Dickerson and Craig James. But after more than two decades of losing football, SMU has made four lower-tier bowl appearances in the last five years. Unlike most non-power-five coaching jobs, SMU has various built-in advantages, including a Dallas location good for both a recruiting base and a TV market that could be attractive bait to the next power-five conference looking to expand.Brown makes a great deal of sense for SMU on multiple fronts. But if Hart Jonathan Bullard Jersey  agrees, he hasn't made his move yet.*Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter *.