The NCAA Division I Council opened the door for college football teams to rework the way they build their staffs on Tuesday completely. It voted to remove countable limitations to teams’ on-field coaching staffs, allowing unlimited numbers of coaches to provide help on gameday.
Previously, teams were only permitted to have 11 on-field coaches in total — the head coach plus 10 assistants. Schools would work around these limitations by hiring off-field analysts, of which they were allowed an unlimited amount, but those analysts were strictly limited in what they could do during games.
This is a move that certainly makes a good deal of sense given the expanding nature of coaching staffs to include non-position coach roles. It will be a boon for teams like LSU, which will now be able to more fully utilize people on its staff.
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