Former Australia coach Eddie Jones and former South Africa coach Nick Mallett are early contenders to succeed Jenkins, while Wallabies attack coach Scott Johnson could also be tempted to return.
The project is being developed by Trump Group, a conglomerate controlled by brothers Eddie and Jules Trump, sons of a tailor from Pretoria, South Africa, who came to the U.S. in 1974 and are no relation to New York real-estate magnate Donald Trump.