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Penn State adds former NFL assistant to football staff

Penn State adds to football staff with new defensive analyst

Penn State continues to add to its football staff with high expectations for the upcoming college football season. On Wednesday, the program welcomed Ola Adams as a defensive analyst and analytics coordinator to James  Franklin’s football staff.

As an analyst, Adams will not have any direct coaching duties with players, but his expertise will be used to help break down scouting information, game film, and more with the intent of finding particular strengths and weaknesses for the Penn State defense.

Adams most recently worked with the Denver Broncos, and he spent the previous seven seasons with the Villanova Wildcats as a defensive coordinator.

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Broncos add three more coaches to Nathaniel Hackett’s staff

Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett appears to be close to finalizing his staff for the 2022 season.

Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett announced three new additions to his staff on Tuesday: Ola Adams (assistant defensive backs coach, Derek Haithcock (assistant to head coach) and John Vieira (instructional designer).

Denver has now hired 13 assistant coaches so far this offseason. Two more coaches — Ejiro Evero as defensive coordinator and Dwayne Stukes as special teams coordinator — will presumably join the Broncos sometime after the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl parade.

Here’s a quick look at the team’s yet-not-official coaching staff for the 2022 season.

Offense

Head coach: Nathaniel Hackett

Offensive coordinator: Justin Outten

Wide receivers: Zach Azzanni

Running backs: Tyrone Wheatley (*expected hire)

Passing game coordinator/QBs: Klint Kubiak

Tight ends: Jake Moreland

Offensive line: Butch Barry

Assistant offensive line: Ben Steele

Offensive quality control: Justin Rascati

Offensive quality control: Ramon Chinyoung

Defense

Defensive coordinator: Ejiro Evero (*expected hire)

Senior defensive assistant: Dom Capers

To-be-determined role: Bill Kollar (*expected)

Defensive line coach: Marcus Dixon (*expected hire)

Defensive backs: Christian Parker

Assistant defensive backs: Ola Adams

Linebackers: Peter Hansen

Outside linebackers: Bert Watts

Defensive quality control: Nathaniel Willingham

Special teams and more

Special teams coordinator: Dwayne Stukes (*expected hire)

Special teams assistant: Mike Mallory

Assistant to head coach: Derek Haithcock

Instructional designer: John Vieira

Head strength and conditioning: Loren Landow

Assistant strength and conditioning: Korey Jones

Assistant strength and conditioning: Pierre Ngo

Player performance assistant: Emily Zaler

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