re: Best for LSU Defensive Coordinator

Michigan hasn’t been relevant in 3 decades

I can see a scenario where we make minter the dc and Mike Elston who is the current Michigan dline coach our dline coach and put Jimmy Lindsey in an analyst role.

Ill give 2 names to watch out for if cbk gets rid of Kerry cooks and Robert steeples. I like both of these guys as a combo for the secondary

Washington secondary coach Will Harris

Recent jobs: Washington secondary coach (2020-present), Washington assistant defensive backs coach (2018-19), San Jose State secondary coach (2016-17), Dixie State secondary coach (2015)

In his first season as Washington’s defensive backs coach, Harris was part of the Huskies improving from No. 56 nationally in pass defense in 2019 (222.2 yards per game) to No. 13 nationally and No. 1 in the Pac-12 last season (184.9 yards per game).
Had two all-conference defensive backs last year — first-teamer Elijah Molden (who was picked by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of this year’s NFL draft) and second-team selection Trent McDuffie.
Previously assisted in the development of Molden, McDuffie and others as the Huskies’ assistant defensive backs coach.
Was contacted by Boise State about a job with a bigger title this past coaching cycle. Was also on the radar as a possibility for multiple other teams with secondary coach openings, including LSU as the Tigers explored potentially hiring a safeties coach



TCU safeties coach Paul Gonzales

Recent jobs: TCU safeties coach (2018-present), TCU cornerbacks coach (2015-17), TCU defensive graduate assistant (2012-14)

Has produced at least one first- or second-team All-Big 12 selection in each of the past five seasons. That includes 2020 Jim Thorpe Award winner Trevon Moehrig, who was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders in the second round of this year’s NFL draft.
In 2019, Pro Football Focus’ two highest-graded safeties were from Gonzales’ group — Moehrig and Ar’Darius Washington.
A former college baseball player at UC Davis, Gonzalez got his first opportunity as a football coach in 2007 and has been at TCU since 2012, working and learning under one of the top defensive minds in the country in Gary Patterson.
Aided by Gonzales and his group, TCU has finished No. 1 in the Big 12 in opponents’ completion percentage each of the past four seasons. Opposing quarterbacks have completed just 53.6 percent of their passes vs. TCU during that span. To put that into perspective, that’s the same percentage allowed by Clemson during this four-year stretch and better than the figure posted by Alabama (55.1).