Could Vaughn take over M. Golf?

Maybe the new men's golf coach won't be doing any sharing at all.

This is only an educated guess based on the facts that have emerged, but it wouldn't shock me if current women's coach Francis Vaughn were in the hunt, at least, to take over the men's team too.

That would explain why the athletic department is hiring one assistant to work for two programs. It's not as strange a move as it sounds, if both programs have the same coach. (Men's and women's swimming coach Mike Schnur's assistants, for example, all work for both teams.)

It would clear up why the job posting says the assistant has to report to the Director of Golf (Vaughn), but doesn't make any mention of the men's coach.

And it might also would tell us why, after all these years, the golf programs are finally getting an assistant. If Vaughn does end up doing two jobs, that might encourage Penn to crack open the piggy bank and pay for someone to help him out.

It would be strange in that no Ivy League school currently has the same person as its men's and women's golf coach.

But Vaughn has done it before; he held both the men's and women's jobs from 1996-2002.

And it seems even more strange for a school to be searching for an assistant coach before it's even announced the head one.

See tomorrow's DP for more analysis.

Note: Strangely, you can't see the post by browsing the NCAA's job site anymore -- you have to use the URL I linked to above.