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Sam Houston State’s Bob Marlin to interview for Auburn job

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And the names just keep on coming.

Jay Jacobs appears to be making the rounds in Texas, as Sam Houston State’s Bob Marlin is the newest name to emerge on Auburn’s search for a basketball coach.

A Fox TV station in Huntsville is reporting the story, quoting Sam Houston State athletic director Bobby Williams. I’ve got a call into Williams, whom I expect to call me back and tell me the same thing.

Marlin has been with the Bearkats for 12 seasons now, compiling a 225-130 record. This year might have been the best of the 12, as the Bearkats won the Southland Conference, he won the league’s Coach of the Year honor and then nearly pulled off a major upset in the NCAA Tournament, taking third-seeded Baylor to the wire in the first round. The Bearkats’ 25-7 season also included quite the romp over Auburn, a 107-89 December rout at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

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