FRESNO — Indiana’s football team got a bit of a distraction Tuesday when Fresno State hired Kalen DeBoer as its next head coach.
DeBoer, the current Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator, was tapped by the Bulldogs to replace Jeff Tedford.
Tedford stepped down at Fresno State earlier this month due to health concerns caused by heart problems.
Tedford also served as head coach at California from 2002-12 and was in the same capacity of the Canadian Football League’s British Columbia Lions. Throughout his career, Tedford was an assistant coach at Fresno State, Oregon and Washington as well as with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He was also an assistant in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders.
Tedford had a hand in naming DeBoer as his successor. DeBoer was at Fresno State prior to going to Indiana.
Indiana will play Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 2.