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Colorado State Football: Coaching Staff Update

Three position’s on Steve Addazio’s staff have potentially been filled. And others still remain to be filled.

Colorado State Football: Coaching Staff Update

The Colorado State Rams seem to have found their Offensive and Defensive Coordinators

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The Rams coaching staff seems to be coming together.

The Colorado State Rams coaching staff has been a big question for Rams fans these past couple of weeks, as no news seems to have come out. Until now. Three coaches have now been reported to join Steve Addazio’s staff up in Fort Collins.

First is Joey Lynch as offensive coordinator. Lynch has been the offensive coordinator at Ball State for the past six seasons. Lynch hasn’t been confirmed as OC, but Ball State head coach Mike Neu has confirmed Lynch accepted a position at Colorado State. The Ball State offense led the MAC in scoring and total yardage this past season.

Second is Chuck Heater as defensive coordinator. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg and Football Scoop both say Heater is CSU’s next DC. Heater has been serving in an off the field role at Florida. Before that, he was the safeties coach at Maryland and DC at Marshall, where he shut down the Rams offense for two quarters in the 2017 New Mexico Bowl.

Heater has extensive experience as a DC and with Addazio. He has had a long coaching career including stops at CSU, CU, Washington, Utah, Florida, Temple, Marshall, and Maryland.

Also noted in the Football Scoop article is that Brian White will be joining Steve Addazio in Fort Collins from Boston College. White currently serves as the BC running backs coach and has a long tenure as a successful coach. Some of his players coached include Ron Dayne, Mike Gillislee, and AJ Dillon.

The only other “confirmed” staffer at this point for the Rams is Addazio’s son Louie Addazio, who was the Tight Ends coach at Bowling Green this past season. Head Coach Addazio has said he would like his staff in place before the second recruiting period really gets underway, so we could see more names out soon.

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Colorado State Football: Potential Head Coach Hires

With Mike Bobo reportedly on the outs, here are some potential replacement hires for the Rams from the P5 conferences, G5, and FCS.

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Colorado State Football: Potential Head Coach Hires

With Mike Bobo’s position as CSU head coach up in the air, here are some choices that could replace him.

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Who should the Rams hire to replace Bobo?

Nothing has been officially announced as of yet. But, Football Scoop is reporting that Mike Bobo is going to be let go as the head coach of Colorado State. If that is going to happen here are some potential candidates that could replace him.

ACC: Jay Bateman, Co-Defensive Coordinator, North Carolina

The dream hire would be Brent Venables, the defensive coordinator from Clemson. However that hire would be too much for CSU as Venables has a base salary of $2 million. So next up would be Jay Bateman, the current co-defensive coordinator at North Carolina.

Bateman has come in and improved the defense wherever he has coached at, with Army being his biggest accomplishment. He led Army to a top 10 defense multiple years and he shut out Air Force in 2017 which ended the Falcons’ 306 game scoring streak. He also has head coaching experience, Siena College 2000-03.

Other Options: Dan Enos (Offensive Coordinator, Miami), Phil Longo  (Offensive Coordinator, North Carolina)

Big 12: Scottie Hazelton, Defensive Coordinator, Kansas State

This name should sound familiar to Mountain West fans. Hazelton was the defensive coordinator for Nevada (2013) and Wyoming (2017-18). Hazelton has had successful stints at multiple stops in his coaching career. With his main success coming as defensive coordinator for North Dakota State.

Hazelton knows the west and knows the Mountain West so he has a leg up on some other candidates. One knock against Hazelton would be his lack of head coaching experience, but sometimes a shot needs to be taken on a coach if a team wants to change.

Other Options: Alex Grinch (Defensive Coordinator, Oklahoma), Tom Manning (Offensive Coordinator, Iowa State), Sean Gleeson (Offensive Coordinator, Oklahoma State)

Big Ten: Kalen DeBoer, Offensive Coordinator, Indiana

Another name with a Mountain West past. DeBoer was the offensive coordinator at Fresno State for two years (2017-18) and his offense’s have improved at each of his stops. His stop at Eastern Michigan saw them go from 18.8 ppg in 2013 to 29.6 ppg in 2016.

His time at Fresno State saw them averaging 34.6 ppg by the end of his tenure. DeBoer does have head coaching experience at NAIA Sioux Falls. You can knock him for coaching at that level, but you can’t deny his success. DeBoer was 67-3 during his tenure at Sioux Falls, with three NAIA National Championships.

Other Options: Josh Gattis (Offensive Coordinator, Michigan), Greg Mattison (Co-Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State), Tony Alford (Assistant Head Coach, Ohio State)

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