There are three distinct buckets of possible coaches:
1. Those with multiple head coaching stints - Campbell, Cristobal, etc.. There are reports that CDC wants someone with success at multiple stops.
2. Those with one head coaching job - Fickell, Tom Allen, Bill Napier, etc. Herman and Strong were in this group when we hired them. Fickell seems really impressive, but it's hard to tell if that will translate. Tom Allen's job at Indiana is even more impressive. His record isn't as good, but IU is in the ISU tier of crappy jobs.
3. Those with no head coaching experience - Brent Venables, etc. I don't think CDC is even considering this group.
If CDC insists on group 1, Campbell seems the way to go. If you throw in group 2, there's some tough competition. If UM falls through, I wouldn't mind kicking the tires on Campbell, Fickell and Allen. Neither Fickell nor Allen lose to teams they shouldn't. Allen has a slight advantage because he's playing better competition and IU is blowing dominating teams with similar talent and hanging with/beating teams with much better talent.