Texas A&M’s head coach race is heating up almost a week after Jimbo Fisher was fired, and Pete Thamel broke down what the Aggies are looking for in their new coach on College GameDay on Saturday morning.

Thamel said that Texas A&M will likely not be looking for a big name head coach like it did with Fisher in 2018.

“The early tenor for that search is that A&M will not land a big name, $10 million a year coach,” Thamel said. “Think about a guy like Kalen DeBoer, it’s gonna be hard to pry him out of Washington right now as the Huskies are undefeated and obviously in the thick of the CFP race. It’s really difficult to supplant a coach running for a title.”

Thamel does believe there are some viable options inside of the Power 5, however, including an SEC option.

“Here’s a few names in tiers,” Thamel said. “Look for a solid Power 5 coach, somebody like Lane Kiffin, Chris Klieman out of Kansas State, Lance Leipold at Kansas and obviously former Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko who has resuscitated Duke during his time there.”

Thamel also believes there is a local option who is coaching at a smaller school, but could be what Texas A&M needs in terms of locality.

“And then there’s a local option, which is interesting,” Thamel said. “Jeff Traylor, the coach at UTSA, he’s a former Texas high school coach, could he rally the state and build A&M from within?”