The Pennsylvania State University was supposed to announce its next permanent president Friday, but instead delayed their search for an unknown reason, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

The school released a short statement that squashed any speculation of a new president being introduced Friday. Penn State's Board of Trustees (BoT) previously said they hoped to name a new university president by November.

"The previously publicized public meeting of the Penn State Board of Trustees on Friday, Nov. 1, to discuss a personnel decision has been delayed indefinitely to allow for further consideration on the matter," the statement read. "Also canceled is the Board's Thursday evening executive session. The Board will meet in executive session on Friday, Nov. 1. This meeting is not open to the public."

Although the BoT did not specify their personnel announcement was going to be a new president, spokeswoman Lisa Powers all but confirmed the speculation.

"Pretty much the only personnel matter the board deals with is related to the president," she said.

The search has been kept strictly confidential, but the candidate was reportedly scheduled to be on the State College campus Friday for a public meeting and vote. Powers, naturally, could not speak to those rumors.

"I have no information on a finalist(s) or where the process is at this point or if a name was being put forward," she told the Gazette. "I only know that the board has slowed the process for more thoughtful and careful deliberation."

The school cannot afford a mistake in naming its new leader in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Penn State's former president, Graham Spanier, is currently set to stand trial alongside other school administrators for allegedly attempting to conceal Sandusky's crimes for a long period of time.

Former provost Rodney Erickson has been serving as Spanier's replacement and has represented the era of change for Penn State. Erickson was planning on retiring, but now said he will leave by June 30, if a new president is not found sooner.

The school has already washed out and replaced most of its former administration and football staff. They have even had their historically harsh sanctions reduced after a glowing progress report from George Mitchell.