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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
NASHVILLE, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Nashville Tennessean reported Saturday that Bobby Johnson, who guided Furman to Friday night's Division 1-AA title game, has agreed in principle to coach 1-A Vanderbilt.
The newspaper reported that the official announcement will be made on Sunday. Vanderbilt officials were unavailable for comment.
Johnson has coached at Furman for nine years and was on the sidelines for a 13-6 loss to Montana on Friday in the Division I-AA championship. The Paladins were 12-3 this season.
The 50-year-old Johnson would take over for Woody Widenhofer, who resigned on November 8.
Widenhofer was the latest coach who was unable to reverse the fortunes of Vanderbilt's downtrodden program. He was 15-40 at the perennial Southeastern Conference also-ran since being promoted from defensive coordinator in 1997.
Vanderbilt, 2-9 this season and 0-8 in conference play, has gone 19 years without a winning season and has just one SEC victory over the last two campaigns.
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