Oregon Ducks fans are preoccupied watching Bo Nix take on Drake Maye and the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Holiday Bowl, but it looks like the coaching staff may be close to enduring another change.
Matt Powledge, Oregon’s safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator, is now considered a target to be Baylor’s next defensive coordinator – according to a tweet from Bruce Feldman at The Athletic.
Oregon’s coaching staff already lost offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, who took the head coaching job at Arizona State before getting replaced by Will Stein.
Baylor head coach Dave Aranda is looking to replace Ron Roberts, who exited after three years with the Bears. Baylor went 6-6 last year, and gave up over 370 yards per game in the Big 12.
Oregon Co-DC/safeties coach Matt Powledge has emerged as a target for the Baylor DC, per source. The 35-yr-old spent 2 seasons on Dave Aranda’s staff as Baylor’s safeties coach & special teams coordinator. Oregon is tied for No. 1 in the Pac-12 in fewest plays of 20+ yds allowed.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 29, 2022
Losing coaches is never fun – especially from position groups that are performing well – but it’s a sign Dan Lanning and company brought the right people in, and there’s little reason to doubt they will continue to do so.
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