Offensive and Defensive Coordinators

[hartjack8]

No I don't think so. Going to end up in the SEC but he only has one year left and Arkansas was terrible.
He most likely going to end up at Auburn. It would not surprise me to see him go to Auburn and Hugh Freeze show up as the new OC.

[Judy_Jayhawk]

Just received an e-mail saying Miles has hired Chevis Jackson as defensive backs coach.

[Judy_Jayhawk]

It is official. Miles has hired Chip Lindsey! Just got an e-mail from Les...

[NewtonHawk11]

Like the hire a lot.

His last year at Southern Miss, he had a 4,000 yards passer, 2 1,000 yard rushers and a 1,000 yard receiver.

If Les kind of lets him go and do his thing, it could mean big things. That's a big if though..

Lindsey never got the chance to do his thing really at Auburn with Malzahn being as hands on as any coach in CFB. I think this past year was a power struggle which is why Auburn struggled. 2017, they were outstanding and rolling on offense.

[nu_bronco]

Now we need a Defensive Coordinator and 15 days of havoc on the recruiting trail. Also, some official news on who/any of the existing staff is staying.

[Soklous]

Good insight to his time at Auburn.

[sdoyel]

I have no doubt that Lindsey's offense will thrive in the Big 12. I don't see how any Les Miles critics can question this hire. It's a homerun.

[Deleted User 62]

Here we are, talking positive about KU Football!!!!

Who could have envisioned this prior to our new AD being hired?

[ChalkRocker]

Like the hire a lot. Does the position
provide the chance for advancement in the future?

[NewtonHawk11]

Like the hire a lot. Does the position
provide the chance for advancement in the future?

Don't be shocked if all goes well with his offense that he would take over the reigns in a handful of years.

Still pretty young. Only setback is that he is a lot like Beaty in terms of experience. College for a handful of years, but before that, was a HS Head Coach only. Little difficult to sell boosters on that after Beaty's whole ordeal.

[Soklous]

Official KU release.

[UnholyLivingDead]

Sounds like he was tired of Malzahn meddling in the offense at Auburn. I like this hire.

[NewtonHawk11]

Sounds like he was tired of Malzahn meddling in the offense at Auburn. I like this hire.

Yep. 2018 was a bad year for Malzahn and Lindsey. Lindsey is likely jumping ship now before Malzahn gets let go. He knows his stuff. His worst year was last year. Other than that, his offenses have been top 50 or so. He’s good.

[UnholyLivingDead]

That's the impression I got when I looked back at his career numbers. Wow it feels weird having a legit coaching staff so far.

[hartjack8]

Bryant Commits to Mizzou over AU. Fuck Mizzery

[Judy_Jayhawk]

Any chance he is keeping Bowen? Is it strange that Miles hired a defensive back coach before he hired his DC? Wouldn't you want that person's input?

[jfish26]

I don’t think it’s that weird, especially where a position coach’s coaching duties are sort of like a high school coach’s science-teaching duties.

[holidaysmore]

With the hiring of Chevis I strongly doubt it. It is in both parties best interests that he moves on.

Not necessarily. In coaching there is a hierarchy. In the case of Chevis you either fall in line with the guy above you or you move on. It is up to Chevis to adjust his coaching style and philosophy to match the DC. My guess is that Miles has a DC or a couple DCs in mind and let Chevis know who they might be so that he could get a better idea on their styles and philosophies around defense and if he could be potentially comfortable with them.

[NewtonHawk11]

Yeah position coaches can really go with anything and any coach. It's all about a personality fit more than anything. And Chevis seems like a good dude who is well-liked by many. He'll have no problem fitting in.

I imagine that Kansas will have their DC and the majority of rest of their staff by the end of the week. Need to hit recruiting trail hard with their schemes and how they are going to play the next few years or so.

[CrimsonNBlue]

I’d be shocked if Chevis’s name wasn’t already ran by all of the DC candidates.