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Just one Charleston, WV sports writer's opinion:

"...It depends on this hire, of course. My ideal candidate would somebody from the offensive side, though it would be ludicrous to rule out James Madison's Mickey Matthews, the Herd's defensive coordinator under Jim Donnan. The candidate would know his way through the Florida/Georgia recruiting jungle, with Virginia a definite bonus.

I wouldn't mind somebody not previously connected with Marshall, though I wouldn't rule it out. Would you turn down Matthews or Gunter Brewer, for instance?..."
http://wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/20 ... uild=cache

"....Add to the list former Marshall assistants Mickey Matthews and Tony Petersen. Matthews is the head coach at James Madison, where he won a FCS national championship,...."
http://www.register-herald.com/sports/l ... ndarystory

Also mentioned on ESPN Insider:

"...In addition to five of the names on Smock's list (Bob Pruett, Mickey Matthews, Gunter Brewer, Butch Jones and Paul Petrino),..."

-Thats just rehashing the local articles though...

Yep, 2 almost years ago last season:
Matthews Offered South Alabama Job
http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/15574182.html

The JMU Nation was on pins and needles for several days Feb 2008.
http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/15583697.html

Turned down 5 yr/350 k a year offer:
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/sports/college ... _jmu/5629/

Harrisonburg daily News Record article (which you now have to have a subscription for) says MM making 222k (base) at JMU and Snyder made 368 at Marshall. 350k a yr 2 yrs ago didn't pry MM away from JMU. I think it Marshall would have to offer at least 400k to get MM to leave.

JMU extending Mickey's contract by a year:
http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.p ... 754&CHID=3