B.C. Coach Jeff Jagodzinski Could Face Ax for Jets Interview

By MICHAEL DAVID SMITH and FANHOUSE.COM

Updated 11:54 PM EST, Sun, Jan 4, 2009

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Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski is scheduled to interview for the New York Jets vacancy on Monday. But if he's going to go through with that interview, he'd better be very confident he's going to get the job. Because Boston College is threatening to fire him.

Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo told Jagodzinski that if he interviews, BC would fire him and promote offensive coordinator Steve Logan to head coach. But Jagodzinski will apparently go through with the interview anyway.

It's not clear whether there's anything in Jagodzinski's contract that prohibits him from looking elsewhere, but this is an attempt by Boston College to say that it would rather find a new coach than keep a coach who views the school as a stepping stone.

If Jagodzinski does get fired, he'll find work elsewhere, even if he doesn't get the Jets job. He was a well respected NFL assistant for several years with the Packers and Falcons, and he's won 20 games in his two years as head coach with Boston College. But the work he'll find elsewhere won't necessarily be a better job than his current gig. So Jagodzinski has a tough decision to make by Monday morning.