Steve Ensminger And Joe Brady Share Coordinator Award

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LSU's Steve Ensminger, Joe Brady share coordinator award

ByCLINT BUCKLEY 6 hours ago 

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The LSU Tigers continued to bring in the hardware Monday when the staff at FootballScoop named Steve Ensminger and Joe Brady the 2019 Offensive Coordinators of the Year.

The award winners were selected by past winners from a pool of finalists nominated by coaches, athletic directors and athletic department personnel, according to FootballScoop.

Ensminger, who is listed as LSU’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, shared the honor with Brady, who was hired before the season as the Tigers’ passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach.

The pair of coaches were the first to share the award, which dates back to 2008.

Past winners include Kevin Wilson(Oklahoma, 2008), Bryan Harsin (Boise State, 2009), Gus Malzahn (Auburn, 2010), Kliff Kingsbury (Houston, 2011 and Texas A&M, 2012), Philip Montgomery (Baylor, 2013), Tom Herman (Ohio State, 2014), Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma, 2015), Lane Kiffin (Alabama, 2016), Josh Heupel(Missouri, 2017) and Mike Locksley(Alabama, 2018).

Ensminger and Brady coordinated an LSU offense that set the college football world on fire this season. The Tigers’ offense ranks first nationally in both scoring (48.9 points per game) and yards per game (564.2). 

Brady, 30, spent the previous two seasons as an offensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints. Before that he was a graduate assistant at Penn State and linebackers coach for William & Mary.

Ensminger, who was also named FootballScoop’s Quarterbacks Coach of the Year, has been on staff at LSU since 2010. Most of that time has been spent as the Tigers tight end coach. He was named offensive coordinator by Ed Orgeron prior to the 2018 season.

The former LSU quarterback (1976-79) is a native of Baton Rouge, La. Ensminger, 61, began his coaching career as an assistant at Nicholls State in 1982.

Not only did LSU produce the 2019 Heisman Trophy winner in quarterback Joe Burrow, but also the Fred Biletnikoff Award, which is presently annually to the nation’s best wide receiver. That designation belongs to Tigers sophomore Ja'Marr Chase.

 

In addition to the Heisman, Burrow earned the following honors: Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, AP College Football Player of the Year, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Davey O’Brien Award. Burrow was also an unanimous All-America selection and the SEC Offensive Player of the Year.

Burrow comes into the CFP national championship game against Clemson with 5,208 passing yards, 55 touchdowns and six interceptions. His nation-leading 77.6 completion percentage could break the 11-year old single-season record of 76.7 set by former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy. The LSU quarterback is also three touchdown passes shy of tying the single-season record established by Hawaii’s Colt Brennan in 2006.

Chase and teammate Justin Jeffersonrank first and second in the nation in receiving yardage among Power 5 programs. Chase has 75 catches for 1,559 yards and 18 touchdowns, while Jefferson is third nationally with 102 receptions to go along with 1,434 yards and 18 touchdowns.

No. 1 LSU (14-0) and No. 3 Clemson (14-0) meet for the national title Jan. 13 in New Orleans.