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per ESPN:
Former Michigan coach Brady Hoke has been named Oregon's defensive coordinator, the school announced Saturday.
"We are extremely excited to welcome coach Hoke to the Oregon family," Ducks coach Mark Helfrich said in a statement. "He's passionate, knowledgeable and tough and has an outstanding track record of success from a defensive standpoint."
Hoke's task is to repair a unit that finished last in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, yielding an average of 37.5 points per game. Those defensive woes were on full display earlier this month in the Valero Alamo Bowl, when the Ducks held a 31-0 halftime lead over TCU, only to lose 47-41 in triple overtime. After the loss, defensive coordinator Don Pellum was demoted to linebackers coach.
Regarding the decision to demote Pellum, Helfrich said at Saturday's news conference: "We're kind of in a get-better business, and we felt as a program -- I felt as the leader of that program -- that that was the direction we needed to go, as a different voice, a different command over that unit. Brady was a guy who I think -- this is me talking, not his words directly -- I think being out of it for a year, his passion and desire, I think he wants to get back to not being a head coach, and solely focusing on his expertise [defense].
http://espn.go.com/college-football...n-ducks-hire-brady-hoke-defensive-coordinator
Go Gophers!!
Former Michigan coach Brady Hoke has been named Oregon's defensive coordinator, the school announced Saturday.
"We are extremely excited to welcome coach Hoke to the Oregon family," Ducks coach Mark Helfrich said in a statement. "He's passionate, knowledgeable and tough and has an outstanding track record of success from a defensive standpoint."
Hoke's task is to repair a unit that finished last in the Pac-12 in scoring defense, yielding an average of 37.5 points per game. Those defensive woes were on full display earlier this month in the Valero Alamo Bowl, when the Ducks held a 31-0 halftime lead over TCU, only to lose 47-41 in triple overtime. After the loss, defensive coordinator Don Pellum was demoted to linebackers coach.
Regarding the decision to demote Pellum, Helfrich said at Saturday's news conference: "We're kind of in a get-better business, and we felt as a program -- I felt as the leader of that program -- that that was the direction we needed to go, as a different voice, a different command over that unit. Brady was a guy who I think -- this is me talking, not his words directly -- I think being out of it for a year, his passion and desire, I think he wants to get back to not being a head coach, and solely focusing on his expertise [defense].
http://espn.go.com/college-football...n-ducks-hire-brady-hoke-defensive-coordinator
Go Gophers!!
