According to multiple sources, Houston Nutt, Rhett Lashlee and Brian Stewart have emerged as top candidates for the Tulsa head coaching job to replace Bill Blakenship.

Nutt was a head coach at Murray State, Boise State, Arkansas and Ole Miss from 1993-2011.

He had a 135–96 record in that span.

Lashlee is Auburn’s Offensive Coordinator under coach Gus Malzahn. Tulsa had success under Malzahn and later Chad Morris when they ran no huddle, up tempo attacks as offensive coordinators for the Golden Hurricanes.

Stewart is Maryland’s Defensive Coordinator. He previously served as the Defensive Coordinator at the University of Houston.

Prior to that, Stewart was an NFL Defensive Backs coach from 2002-09 for the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles.