INDIANAPOLIS ? Indiana athletic director Terry Clapacs expects coach Mike Davis to still be in Bloomington next season.
Associate head coach John Treloar, however, might have a new home and a new job.
Even though Auburn interim president Ed Richardson confirmed that Davis was on his list of candidates for the Tigers' head coaching job, Clapacs said Wednesday he had not been contacted by the school and believed Davis would remain with the Hoosiers.
''This is where he wants to be,'' Clapacs said of Davis. ''He tells me that all the time.''
Davis, 43, just completed his fourth season as the Hoosiers coach. He has an 81-53 career record and led the Hoosiers to a share of the Big Ten regular-season title and into the NCAA championship game in 2002.
But Indiana went 14-15 this season, posting its first losing season since 1969-70 and missing the postseason for the first time since 1976-77.
''I think Mike could come right out and say he has no interest,'' Clapacs said. ''But that's the world of sports today. Our focus has to be on this coming season and I assume if Mike is interested, he'll talk to me about it.''
Davis is a native of Fayette, Ala., and played college basketball at Alabama -- Auburn's most bitter rival. The Auburn job opened when Cliff Ellis was fired last week after 10 up-and-down seasons with the Tigers.
Davis declined on Monday to comment on the Auburn job. Calls to his cell phone on Wednesday went unanswered.
Davis still has four years left on his contract at Indiana where he earns $800,000 per year, and Clapacs said the standard protocol would be for Auburn to contact Indiana before speaking to Davis.
Clapacs said it might be difficult for Auburn to hire an Alabama graduate.
''It would be sort of like Steve Alford going to Purdue,'' Clapacs said. ''I don't know if he could do that.''
Treloar, however, is in a different situation.
Clapacs has already given two schools -- Southern Methodist and Southern Mississippi -- permission to talk to Treloar, Davis' top assistant, about their head coach openings.
Treloar has been coaching since 1980 and spent 11 seasons as a head coach either overseas or in the CBA. He also spent two years as a general manager in the CBA before joining Indiana's staff as an assistant in 1997.
Although Treloar applied for a couple of jobs last summer, he has never been a college head coach.
''I hope he gets a job because he's a terrific guy and I like to see good assistants get a chance,'' Clapacs said.
Clapacs is more concerned about what the Hoosiers can do to turn the men's basketball program around next year -- he hopes with Davis.
''He's told me many times this is where he wants to coach,'' Clapacs said.
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