Brian Kelly builds coaching staff

[LSUDad]

1 hour ago, Herb said:

 

What I am pleased with regarding all of Kelly's hires is that they all seem to have reputations for being very good recruiters. Joe Sloan may be an effective answer in North Louisiana against Saban's ability to continually grab recruits from that part of the state.

Sloan has spearheaded recruiting efforts for the Bulldogs over his eight years in Ruston, and boasted the number one recruiting class (2020) in Conference USA and the No. 4 ranked class among G5 programs according to Rivals.
 

[Hatchertiger]

 

[houtiger]

Dandy Don had the following comment about Denbrock this morning, and it seems like a good observation:

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"I realize some of you have your doubts about Denbrock after seeing Cincinnati score only six points against Alabama a couple of days ago, but, in my opinion, the job he’s done with the talent he has at Cincinnati has been nothing short of spectacular. Keep in mind that the Alabama team he faced was comprised of players who were part of four top-5 recruiting classes, including the No. 5 class in 2018, the No. 2 class in 2020, and the No. 1 classes in 2019 and 2021. By comparison, none of Cincinnati’s recruiting classes from 2018 to 2021 were ranked higher than 41st, and the average ranking during that time was 50th. I do not doubt that Denbrock would have fared much better against Alabama with the amount of talent he’ll have at LSU."

 

[Herb]

I read somewhere that Denbrock stood in Kelly's wedding (or vice versa).

[Hatchertiger]

 

[Fishhead]

9 hours ago, houtiger said:

Dandy Don had the following comment about Denbrock this morning, and it seems like a good observation:

 

It's like we mentioned in the podcast. Whoever the OC is has to be able to run Kelly's offense. Period. Denbrock can do that and that's all that matters. 

Now we gotta see how that works

[Herb]

https://lsu.rivals.com/news/lsu-to-hire-jordan-arcement-for-recruiting-role

[houtiger]

13 hours ago, Herb said:

https://lsu.rivals.com/news/lsu-to-hire-jordan-arcement-for-recruiting-role

I love his bio!  It's diverse, he hits a lot of current topics, especially his knowledge working in the NIL space for a couple of years.  We need to step up there, and he sounds like a guy with black belt knowledge of how that works.  La. background.  

 

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Brian Kelly elected to clear the slate once arriving at LSU, with very few coaches and staffers remaining from the days of Ed Orgeron.

With 9 out of 10 of the assistant coaching roles filled, Kelly has turned his attention to the shadow staff, recruiting and personnel. Multiple sources confirm that former UVA staffer, Louisiana native and former high school coach Jordan Arcement has been hired by LSU to work in its recruiting office.

Arcement is currently the director of recruiting and event development for Shock Doctor, a growing apparel company, after spending three years (2018-2020) at the University of Virginia where he served as the director of recruiting communications and senior scout. Arcement left Virginia following the 2020 season to work in the NIL (name, image, likeness) arena, which is an area of emphasis for colleges looking to take advantage of new NCAA rules permitting players to profit from their NIL.

Arcement spent two years as the wide receivers coach at Ellender High School, where he was instrumental in the development of multiple college prospects. Arcement also has extensive experience training, including working with his former prep pupil Davontavean Martin, who is line to be an early round draft pick this year.

Arcement is a former prep and collegiate standout who ultimately suited up to play for Nicholls State prior to his career being cut short due to injuries.

 

 

[Herb]

He also probably got tired of those yahoos in Virginia never getting his name right. 

 

"R-cement"?

[LSUDad]

LSU to hire Louisiana Tech recruiting director Sherman Wilson

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Brian Kelly continues to add notable Louisiana flavor to his new-look LSU staff.

Louisiana Tech Director of Football Recruiting Sherman Wilson is expected to become one of the Tigers' next announced hires.

The Southeastern Louisiana alumnus has coached at three in-state high schools and two universities, as well as helping lead recruiting efforts in the area during a stint at Memphis.

Wilson worked as a student intern throughout his college career in Hammond, where he then began his coaching career as an assistant athletic director and coach at Hammond High.

He completed his masters in coaching and athletic administration at Concordia College and held coaching positions at Albany and Amite high schools before joining for Southern University coach Dawson Odums' staff in 2018.

Wilson served as the Jaguars' directory of football operations and recruiting from 2018 to 2020 — including the program's first-ever HBCU No. 1 recruiting class in 2019 — before moving on to Memphis.

He helped those Tigers land Louisiana prospects such as Madison Prep defensive back Tyrell Raby, Woodlawn (Baton Rouge) defensive back Eric Randall III and John Ehret linebacker Andrew Jones before accepting an opportunity to return to Louisiana last spring.

Wilson will join LSU's other recent hires from Louisiana Tech in quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan, announced earlier this month after nine years in Ruston, and director of scouting Jon Randall Belton, announced last spring after a year at Virginia after attending and interning in Ruston.

The Tigers announced the hire Monday of former E.D. White and Nicholls State receiver Jordan Arcement, who previously spent three years at Virginia.

[LSUDad]

LSU reportedly adding MAC offensive coordinator to coaching staff

Adam Spencer | 1 hour ago

 

 

 

LSU has hit the ground running under first-year head coach Brian Kelly.

Kelly has been busy assembling his staff, and on Saturday, he reportedly brought in an experienced assistant to join the support staff.

Per Jordan Strack of WTOL, the Tigers are hiring Bowling Green OC Terry Malone as an offensive analyst:

 

Malone has been with Bowling Green since 2019. He has experience in Louisiana, having spent the 2006-14 seasons with the New Orleans Saints as the team’s tight ends coach. He won a Super Bowl title during that time.

He was also the offensive line coach at Michigan during the Wolverines’ 1997 national championship season.

[Herb]

It's slightly surprising that there are fans out there that lament over the decisions like not keeping Corey Raymond, Kevin Faulk, and others.

However, you have to keep in mind that LSU has had a "continuity mindset" since Saban left. Miles came aboard and kept several assistants Saban had and Orgeron did the same when he replaced Miles.

Contrast that with other programs, where a new coaching staff comes in and replaces everyone. LSU has not had that kind of 'bloodletting' for almost 20 years. Every now and then you need to rip off the scab and let the air heal the wound.

I can't tell you how upbeat I am about the future of the program right now. Yes, there will be growing pains. Yes. some of the hires Kelly is making now might not be the "answer" (a concept always framed by time, place, spirit and many other factors). Yes, we might lose a couple of assistants who - on paper - may look to be the "better" choice.

What we don't lose is the ability of a competent executive coach to re-frame who this team is, where this team is heading, what ethical culture is the ideal to strive for, what is the nascent development plan for each and every player that comes into the program as a late stage adolescent in order to develop them into a man, etc.,.

These are the building blocks that have been assumed rather than defined or re-defined for far too long.

For the 1st time since Saban we have someone that can implement (and I hate to say it) a "process" to bring the program to excellence from the ground up. This isn't something in a binder that can hoodwink a slightly above average Athletic Director.

This is something forged over time that gets noticed on a field initially, but the players start carrying into their lives well after their playing time on the field is over.

Boot up!

[Herb]

https://247sports.com/college/lsu/Article/LSU-Tigers-football-Brian-Kelly-hire-Cortez-Hankton-WRs-coach-final-spot-staff--180393998/

[LSUDad]

BREAKING: Cortez Hankton to join Brian Kelly's LSU staff

 

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January 16, 2022

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Fresh off of a national championship, Georgia Bulldog's wide receivers coach and New Orleans native Cortez Hankton will be joining Brian Kelly's LSU staff.

Hankton prepped at St. Augustine in New Orleans.

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From Hankton’s bio on official UGA site:

Former NFL wide receiver Cortez Hankton was named Pass Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach in February of 2019 after serving the 2018 season as an assistant coach in charge of the receivers. 

During his tenure at UGA, Hankton has been part of teams that became the first in school history to win 11 or more games three straight seasons (2017-19), won two SEC Eastern Division titles (2018-19), and earned three consecutive appearances in a New Year’s Six Bowl game (2019 Allstate Sugar, 2020 Allstate Sugar, 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach).  The Bulldogs also finished in the top 10 in the final CFP rankings four straight years (2017-2020).  The 2019 and 2020 senior classes won 44 games—tied for most in school history.  

At UGA, Hankton has coached SEC All-Freshman wide receiver George Pickens, the MVP of the 2020 Allstate Sugar Bowl victory over Baylor.  Additionally, he coached several big-play receivers in 2018 in senior Terry Godwin and juniors Mecole Hardman and Riley Ridley who combined for 1,475 receiving yards.  All three were drafted in the 2019 NFL draft: Hardman, 2nd round, Kansas City; Ridley, 4th round, Chicago; and Godwin, 7th round, Carolina.

Hankton joined the Georgia staff in February, 2018, after coaching wide receivers for three seasons at Vanderbilt, where he coached veteran receivers C.J. Duncan and Trent Sherfield along with Caleb Scott and Kalija Lipscomb.   Sherfield ended his career among the program’s best in receptions (136) and 1,869 yards. 

Prior to his tenure at Vanderbilt, Hankton coached receivers for three seasons at Dartmouth in the Ivy League (2012-14).  During that time, he helped the Big Green to a 20-10 overall record, including an 8-2 mark in 2014.

Hankton’s produced an All-Ivy caliber receiver all three years at Dartmouth. In 2012, senior Michael Reilly earned first-team recognition with Ryan McManus receiving honorable mention. 

Hankton was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent in April, 2003, by Jacksonville.  In his four years with the Jaguars, he caught 34 passes for 310 yards and a pair of touchdowns, both of which came in 2004. Hankton signed with Minnesota in 2007 and spent the entire 2008 season on injured reserve with Tampa Bay.

After his NFL career, he played three seasons with New York, Florida and Virginia of the United Football League.

Prior to joining the Dartmouth staff in 2012, Hankton spent three months working as a volunteer assistant with Central Florida. In that role, he assisted in all aspects of the recruiting process. From 2008-10, Hankton spent time training draft-eligible athletes for the NFL combines with Tom Shaw Performance Training Camps. In early 2010, he also served as non-paid receiver coach at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando.

Hankton received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Southern in 2002, where he set season and career records for receiving yards. A four-year starter and two-year captain, he was Texas Southern’s MVP and an All-SWAC honoree as a junior and senior. Hankton culminated his career by being named as a Division I-AA third-team All-America by AP.

Hankton in 2011 created Black Ice Concept, an organization that strives to increase minority presence in winter sports by obtaining sponsorships and funding to subsidize expenses for the athletes. He has demonstrated his commitment to academics many times over as well, including the creation of the Cortez Hankton Scholarship Fund for exemplary student-athletes in 2003 and his work with Read Across America through the NFL and the National Education Association.  From 2016-17, Hankton volunteered with “Walk for Wishes,” a fund raising program for Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee.

Since September of 2020, Hankton has mentored Bulldog football players in their “Dawgs for Pups” campaign to assist Athens-area children with a number of vital goods and services.  Thus far the program has provided Internet access for in-home learning, coats during the winter season and a “Food2Kids” snack drive.

A native of New Orleans, Hankton is the son of Cortez Sr. and Sherome Hankton, both officers in the New Orleans Police Department. Hankton was a standout athlete and multi-year starter at St. Augustine High School.

Hankton and his wife, the former Shon Holder, were married in July, 2014. They are the parents of sons Cortez “Trip” III and Cruz.

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Birthdate: January 20, 1981
Birthplace: New Orleans, La.
Family: Wife Shon, sons Cortez “Trip” III and Cruz
High School: St. Augustine HS, New Orleans
College:  Texas Southern ‘02 (Business Administration)

Coaching Experience:
2012-14................................................ Dartmouth (Wide Receivers)
2015-17................................................. Vanderbilt (Wide Receivers)
2018-Present............................................. Georgia (Wide Receivers)

Playing Experience:
1998-2002.................... Texas Southern -- Wide receiver, four-year
........................................ letterman, two-time All-SWAC, team MVP
2003-08.................................. NFL -- Jacksonville Jaguars, 2003-06;
.............................. Minnesota Vikings, 2007; Tampa Bay Bucs, 2008
2009-11........................................ UFL -- New York Sentinels, 2009;
Florida Tuskers, 2010; Virginia Destroyers, 2011

[LSUDad]

Former Michigan offensive line coach expected to join LSU staff

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The LSU staff shakeup continues. Terry Malone is expected to join LSU’s coaching staff as an analyst for the upcoming 2022 season. The news was first reported by WTOL 11’s Jordan Strack and later confirmed by The Athletic’s Brody Miller.

Malone just finished up his third season as Bowling Green’s offensive coordinator where the Falcons finished 4-8 on the year where his offense averaged 317.2 yard per game and 27 total touchdowns.

The veteran coach will bring LSU over 30 years of coaching experience and a resume that includes National Championship and Super Bowl victories. 

He was a member of Michigan’s 1997 National Championship team and a part of five Big Ten championships with the Wolverines from 1997-2005. His coaching success continued directly after, joining Sean Payton’s New Orleans Saints staff as tight ends coach from 2006-2014 where he helped coach the Saints to their first and only Super Bowl victory in 2010, winning 31-17 over Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.

Malone helped mentor Jimmy Graham, helping him achieve an All-Pro tight end status. In 2011, Graham became the first Saints tight end to have more than 1,000 yards receiving (1,310) and in 2013, he led the league in touchdown catches and the Saints in receiving yards with 1,215.

LSU will need all the help they can get this upcoming season coming off their first losing record (6-7) in the 21st century. 

The firing of 2019 National Championship head coach Ed Orgeron doesn’t come as a surprise to fans of the program, who coached the team to an 11-12 record in the two seasons following their 15-0 championship season.

Enter Brian Kelly. The former Notre Dame coach that has two College Football Playoff appearances with the Fighting Irish, who is tasked with rebuilding the SEC football powerhouse.

Along with Malone, Kelly’s other major hires include Mike Denbrock as offensive coordinator, who is coming off an undefeated regular season as Cincinnati’s OC and played a major role in quarterback Desmond Ridder’s development into one of the best quarterback’s in the nation.

He also poached Matt House from the Kansas City Chiefs as his defensive coordinator. Not only has House helped coach the Chiefs to back-to-back Super Bowls, he also has SEC experiences as Kentucky’s DC from 2016-18. In his last season in Lexington he helped the Wildcats to their first 10-win season in modern history and a Citrus Bowl victory. He also helped current Jacksonville Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen become a top-10 NFL Draft pick.

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[Herb]

1 hour ago, Hatchertiger said:

 

Class personified.

[LSUDad]

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_200eccca-7950-11ec-a976-2fe77296d3d3.html

[houtiger]

New LSU passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton will receive a three-year contract at LSU worth an average of $900,000 per year, according to his term sheet.

Hankton, a native of New Orleans, La., joined LSU's staff this week. He was previously the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Georgia where he made $550,000 in 2021, according to reports.

[Hatchertiger]

The price of coaches keeps going up and up. 

[houtiger]

2 hours ago, Hatchertiger said:

The price of coaches keeps going up and up. 

It seems ridiculous to me, in terms of the value they provide to a young man.  But, college football is big business.  With the TV contracts and filling up a stadium of 100K people on six or seven Saturdays a year, plus all the other sales that ride on top, the outrageous salaries end up being justified.  Why should Tom Cruise get $20 million for a film?

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However, his career earnings would soon pick up as he gained fame and international recognition. In 1986 he was cast as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, one of his most famous roles to date, and the young actor netted a reported $2,000,000 for the film. 

His most notable role during the first half of his career would be as the eponymous hero of the film Jerry Maguire, which would later become an iconic pop culture film and earned Cruise his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor in a Leading Role. He was reportedly paid a whopping $20,000,000 for his part in the film. 

 

 

[Hatchertiger]

2 hours ago, houtiger said:

Why should Tom Cruise get $20 million for a film?

 

He shouldn’t.  But if the market pays that then what is there to gripe about? Capitalism at work. I wouldn’t pay to see one of his movies but that’s just me.

Edited January 21, 2022 by Hatchertiger

[LSUDad]

 

LSU announces hiring of 2 assistants to football development staff

The new LSU staff continues to come together. On Friday, the program announced 2 of the new training assistants, rounding out the football program’s development staff.

Ike Brown will serve as associate development coach and Scott Kuehn is the team’s manager of applied sport science.

[LSUDad]

Word coming out, Kelly looking to add this guy to the staff. 
 

https://gopack.com/staff-directory/corey-phillips/2895

[houtiger]

14 hours ago, LSUDad said:

Word coming out, Kelly looking to add this guy to the staff. 
https://gopack.com/staff-directory/corey-phillips/2895

It seems the "shape" of the staff is going to be different.  BK will have some folks on staff doing different things than have been done in the past.  This guy will be doing talent identification.  I guess someone did that in the past, but not with a specific focus on it.  But, you will still have to get them to sign the national letter on signing day.