UPDATE: Though still unconfirmed, CoachingNewsOnline.com reported Monday that several of its sources have indicated that Utah is negotiating a contract with St. Mary's coach Randy Bennett. This is really the first we have heard of this since CSNBayArea.com reported last week that Bennett and the Utes may have had preliminary talks about a deal. --- No new names on the Utah coaching front; the main candidates still being mentioned are St. Mary's coach Randy Bennett, former Alabama coach Mark Gottfried, and possibly Virginia coach Tony Bennett and Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski. Yesterday, our own Andy Katz indicated Randy Bennett could be a good fit for the Utes. Katz has more on this below. --- We wrote yesterday that Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is potentially a new candidate for the opening at Utah, and on Tuesday BlockU.com is speculating that in fact Bennett could be one of two finalists for the Utes job, the other being current ESPN analyst and long-time Alabama head coach Mark Gottfried. On Monday, SportsByBrooks.com tweeted yesterday that Gottfried wants the job. Meanwhile, LSU head coach Trent Johnson, who ironically enough could be on the hot seat with the Tigers after another poor season in Baton Rouge, dismissed interest in the Utah job. According to BlockU.com, Pat Kinahan of 1320 KFAN has speculated that Jon Huntsman is set to offer a great deal of dough to get BYU head coach Dave Rose, but it doesn't appear that there is enough mutual interest to make that happen.
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