? Bath hope to make an appointment in a couple of weeks
? Gary Gold and Michael Cheika among the contenders
The Bath owner Bruce Craig is planning an overhaul of his coaching team after a poor Premiership campaign that has left them much closer to the bottom than the top.
Bath have drawn up a list of candidates to take over as head coach next season, at the recommendation of Sir Ian McGeechan, the director of rugby who will either move upstairs or decline the option of a one-year extension to his contract.
Craig, the richest owner of a Premiership club, saw his side's arithmetical chance of finishing in the top four disappear last Saturday when Northampton eased to a 26-6 victory at the Recreation Ground with many fans walking out long before the final whistle.
Gary Gold, the former South Africa assistant coach who is in temporary charge of Newcastle, is a contender for the position of head coach, along with Michael Cheika, who helped turn Leinster into a Heineken Cup winning side before taking over at Stade Fran�ais.
The London Irish coaches Toby Booth and Mike Catt have also been linked with the position. "We have a number of strong candidates," said the Bath chief executive, Nick Blofeld. "We have already met a number of candidates and hope to make a decision in the next couple of weeks."
McGeechan was originally brought in as a part-time performance director but became more involved in the coaching of the senior squad when Steve Meehan left as head coach after the end of the 2009-10 season.
"I made the recommendation for a head coach to come in," he said. "That is the way forward and we have been a coach light since Steve Meehan left. My involvement has been to look at the succession plans of the club and the structures that are needed."
The Bath coaches Martin Haag and Brad Davis publicly apologised to supporters after the defeat by Northampton. "Everyone within the organisation needs to take a hard look at themselves," Davis said. "We were pretty filthy on ourselves in all aspects of the game. The performance gave the crowd nothing and that is embarrassing."
Bath still have a chance of qualifying for the Heineken Cup next season, but two of their final three matches are away, to Sale and the form side in the Premiership, Leicester.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/03/bath-head-coach-premiership
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