LSU football head coach Brian Kelly needs to hire an assistant.
On Wednesday, it was reported that special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Slade Nagle was the offensive coordinator job at Houston, leaving LSU with an opening on staff.
It’s that time of year. With the coaching carousel moving, there will be assistant shuffling too. It’s unclear if Kelly plans to make any of his own adjustments to the staff, but we know it will look at least a little different in 2025.
Nagle spent one year at LSU after working a lengthy stint at Tulane. Accepting the job at Houston reunites him with head coach Willie Fritz after the two had plenty of success in New Orleans.
Not every coaching staff has a special teams coordinator or coaching staff. However, as long as Kelly is at LSU, I’d expect the Tigers to employ a tight ends coach. It’s a position Kelly places a lot of value on.
Here are 12 names to know as LSU searches for Nagle’s replacement.
Tommy Rees
When a job on Brian Kelly’s staff opens, Rees is always a name to know. The two go back to Rees’ playing days at Notre Dame and he was an OC candidate when Kelly arrived at LSU.
Rees is currently with the Cleveland Browns as a pass game specialist and tight ends coach.
Rees has coordinating experience from his time at Notre Dame and Alabama. LSU could use some of his ideas when it comes to improving the run game.
With Reese, LSU gets a guy who has an established relationship with Kelly and big-time college and NFL experience.
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