HOUSTON (DEC. 6) - Texas Southern University is amid interviewing for their next head football coach after the decision not to renew Coach Clarence McKinney's contract, which expires Dec. 15. We've completed the first round of interviews," Dr. Kevin Granger told HBCU Legends. We are very excited about several candidates and will rank them."  The next step will be to show the list to the school's president and invite the top candidates for onsite meetings.

Interviews were conducted by Zoom this week. Coach Chennis Berry (Benedict) confirmed to HBCU Legends that Texas Southern contacted him last week. Other interviews were with Brett Maxie and Mickey Joseph. Dr. Granger did not offer additional names at the time of our conversation.

HBCU Legends will continue to provide details regarding the Texas Southern head football search.

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