Yes, I am still hoping that he will find a way to succeed this season. I thought that he would need 4 wins to remove the interim tag from his title. He has 4 games left of the season. None of those 4 teams currently has a winning record. However, it does not seem likely that Weber State can expect to win more than 2 of them. If they can win all 4, then Sears should be back as the head coach last season.
Southern Utah has a senior quarterback in Brad Sorensen and has been close in their two conference losses have each been by a single score. The team is probably better than their 3-4 record as they also began the season on the road against 2 FBS teams.
Montana is not having a good season this year by Montana standards, but will probably be back to +.500 by the time they come to Ogden at the end of the month. Weber gets them after the bye week, and could decide during the bye week to replace turnover-prone and inconsistent senior Mike Hoke with junior Jordan Adamczyk or redshirt freshman Ben Maraz to prepare for next season. They could catch the Grizzlies reeling or they could catch them motivated.
Northern Colorado and Idaho are where they have been the last three seasons, so very far behind the rest of the Big Sky Conference that they can't buy a win. But if Weber can't figure out how to play consistently on offense, these games are not guaranteed wins.
Weber State has never been winless in their history. In 2003 and in 1975, Weber earned a win in their last home game. The last home game this season is against Northern Colorado.
To become the new head coach, WSU is probably not going to go very far from Ogden, get someone with local recruiting ties and someone who understands how to deal with LDS missionaries. Finally, someone who is likely to stay for a while and not leave if the 'Cats get a little success. Here is a list of likely candidates to become the permanent head coach.
Idaho Head Coach and WSU alum Robb Akey
Former assistant Don Eck
Former Boise State and Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins
Colorado State assistant Dave Baldwin
Utah State defensive coordinator Dave Aranda
Utah assistant Morgan Scalley
BYU assistant Lance Reynolds
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