The Muncie (Ind.) Star Press is reporting that Ball State coach Brady Hoke WILL in fact interview with Auburn, citing an anonymous source.

Hoke refuted an ESPN report that said he would interview for the job. The Muncie report said Hokie will interview with Auburn today. Athletic director Jay Jacobs is in New York at the College Hall of Fame proceedings, conducting interviews.

Hoke had a base salarly of $240,000 this year. He went 12-0 during the regular season and is a hot coaching name right now. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he gets a pretty good pay hike out of this.

(Interesting aside: Auburn hosts Ball State on Sept. 26 next year)

The Birmingham News is also reporting that Louisiana Tech coach/athletic director Derek Dooley interviewed with Jacobs today. Dooley is the son of Georgia coaching legend Vince Dooley, an Auburn alum.

The younger Dooley was a walk-on wide receiver at Virginia, finishing up in 1990. He started his coaching career as a GA at Georgia in 1996, coaching receivers at SMU from 1997-99 and getting hired by Nick Saban in 2000 at LSU, where he was recruiting coordinator/tight ends coach.

He left with Saban to join the Miami Dolphins in 2005, then took the head coaching gig at Louisiana Tech prior to the 2007 season. He's 12-12 in two years there.

Here's an e-mail from Louisiana Tech sent out today that is the same statement Dooley made last week when he was rumored to be a candidate for the Mississippi State job:

"There has been speculation that I am entertaining other head coaching jobs. I have not been interviewed or contacted by anyone at another university, and I have no intentions of leaving Louisiana Tech. My family and I are very happy in Ruston, and we look forward to continuing to build on the success that our program has achieved in a short time.”