Four games into his fifth season leading the program, after initially taking over the program midway through the 2017 season, Georgia Southern fired Chad Lunsford early on in the 2021 season. He was 28-21 overall leading the program, including a 1-3 start to this past fall.
With a head start on their search, the Eagles locked up former USC head coach Clay Helton as their new head coach in early November.
Here, on the Oregon Staff Tracker page, we lay out the new staff and also provide some perspective by noting who coached the position on the previous staff.
2022 HEAD COACH: CLAY HELTON
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR / QUARTERBACKS
BRYAN ELLIS
Western Kentucky Co-OC / Inside Receivers
RUNNING BACKS
MATT MERRITT
Tennessee Senior Offensive Analyst
RECEIVERS
MARCUS DAVIS
Hawaii WRs
OFFENSIVE LINE / RUN GAME COORDINATOR
RICHARD OWENS
UAB OL
TIGHT ENDS / INSIDE RECEIVERS / PASS GAME COORDINATOR
RYAN APLIN
Arkansas State RBs
2021 OFFENSIVE STAFF:
Graduate Assistants:
Offensive Analysts:
Senior Offensive Analyst:
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
WILL HARRIS
Washington DBs
LINEBACKERS
AARON SCHWANZ
Washington Defensive Analyst
CORNERS / ASSISTANT HEAD COACH
KEVIN WHITLEY
Georgia Southern Interim Head Coach / Corners
DEFENSIVE LINE
RIP ROWAN
Washington DL
2021 DEFENSIVE STAFF:
Graduate Assistants:
Defensive Analysts:
SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR
TURNER WEST
The Citadal Special Teams Coordinator
2021 SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR / TEs:
Special Teams Analyst:
SUPPORT STAFF
Director of Player Personnel:
Recruiting:
Strength and Conditioning:
2021 SUPPORT STAFF:
General Manager: Ryan Smith (Auburn Director of Player Personnel)
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