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Tuesday 27 September 2016

6 things to know about Ed Orgeron, LSU’s new head coach (for now)

Source: www.sbnation.com --- Monday, September 26, 2016
LSU fired Les Miles after 12 seasons , and a boisterous local with impressive interim experience takes his place. Coach O is back. On what seemed to be a quiet Sunday in college Football, LSU fired head coach Les Miles after 12 seasons in Baton Rouge. Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron was also fired. With the official announcement, LSU announced that current defensive line coach Ed Orgeron would be the interim head coach. Orgeron has been on LSU’s staff since 2015, having previously served as USC’s successful interim head coach after Lane Kiffin’s exit, a less-successful head coach at Ole Miss, and plenty of other jobs. 1. If there’s one thing Orgeron can do, it’s recruit, especially in Louisiana. At Miami, he recruited future Pro Football Hall of Famers like Warren Sapp and Cortez Kennedy. During Orgeron’s first stint at USC, after being named the recruiting coordinator in 2001, he helped the Trojans to top-five signing classes for three straight years. When he returned to USC with Kiffin, the school’s first recruiting class ranked No. 3, per the 247Sports Composite. Orgeron ranked as 247Sports’ No. 4 recruiting coach in 2011 and No. 5 in 2013. In 2016 as LSU’s line coach, he ranked No. 22. Not to mention, Orgeron is a Louisiana native himself. He played his college ball at LSU and Northwestern State in Louisiana, and got his coaching career started as a graduate assistant at NSU. Here's new @LSUfootball head coach Ed Orgeron in ...



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