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Writers at The Record and The Hamilton Spectator are saying that a Ticats coach, Dennis McPhee, is the favourite for Waterloo's next football coach.

McPhee is the linebacker and defensive line coach for CFL's Hamilton TIger Cats.

In Saturday's Record Christine Rivet wrote about the hiring process for head coach of Warrior Football was dragging on. She said that the delay likely means that Marshall Bingeman interim head coach is not the frontrunner because sealing the deal with a current employee shouldn't take so long.

Bingeman, long time assistant coach, took over after Chris Triantofilou's resignation in September, after some early season losses.

Rivet wrote: "Through the Ticats's media relations department, McPhee indicated yesterday that not enough progress in negotiations with UW was complete for him to offer a comment. That sounds suspiciously to us like somehting is brewing."

In Wednesday's Hamilton Spectator, Ken Peters wrote: "Hamilton's linebacker and defensive line coach Dennis McPhee is reportedly one of three candidates in the running for the vacant University of Waterloo Warriors' head-coaching job. McPhee acknowledged this week that Waterloo has approached him about the job, but he is waiting to see who the Cats' new bench boss is."

So Peters says that McPhee coming to Waterloo hinges on who the Ticats hire as head coach.

• Clock ticking for Cats coach The Hamilton Spectator 13 Dec 2006
• UW drops the ball in never-ending hiring process The Record 8 Dec 2006