Petrino back as Louisville Head Coach

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http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/sour...174716054.html

Petrino was coach of the Cardinals from 2003-06, compiling a 41-9 record. While winning more than 80 percent of his games, including the program's first-ever BCS bowl victory, Petrino also serially shopped for other jobs.

He famously interviewed behind Jurich's back for the Auburn job in 2003 – at first denying it, and then admitting that he met with officials from the school while it still was employing Tommy Tuberville. The next year, Petrino interviewed with LSU five days after accepting an extension and pronouncing his loyalty to Louisville. That December he also interviewed with Notre Dame and had conversations with Mississippi about its opening. And a few months after signing a lucrative new deal at Louisville in 2006, he left for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Despite those dalliances, many Louisville fans are welcoming their prodigal coach back with open arms. As of noon Wednesday, an online poll from The (Louisville) Courier-Journal had 40 percent of respondents favoring Petrino as the next coach of the Cardinals, with Morris a distant second place at 14 percent.