As confirmed by BuffZone, Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has hired former Cincinnati Bengals secondary coach Robert Livingston as his new defensive coordinator.
So, with Livingston now coming to Boulder, what will he bring to CU’s defense? Livingston has spent most of his coaching career with the Bengals, but he did spend two years in the college ranks before joining Cincinnati as a scout in 2012. We’ll have to wait and see what he brings to the recruiting front besides NFL connections.
Colorado is getting a heck of an X’s and O’s type of coach, and the team’s defensive backs should be jumping for joy as well. With the Bengals, Livingston helped develop premier NFL safeties Jessie Bates III and Vonn Bell. Expect to see Buffs DBs such as Shilo Sanders, Trevor Woods and Myles Slusher take a step forward under his tutelage.
We should also see a lot of four-man fronts moving forward on the Buffs’ defensive line. From the film I found, Livingston played in a 4-3 defense as a safety at William & Mary, and the Bengals have played in that base defense for as long as I can remember. If Livingston does roll out a 4-3 defense, that would speak well of his confidence in Colorado’s improved D-line.
Last season, Livingston’s Cincinnati secondary produced plenty of game-changing plays, too. The Bengals finished the season with 17 interceptions, including four from Cam Taylor-Britt.
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