Jordan Malone's climb at Washington State is continuing, sources tell FootballScoop.
Malone, initially a defensive quality control coach for the Cougars who later was bumped to the full-time, on-field role of coaching the program's nickels and safeties, is being promoted, sources told FootballScoop.
Malone is set to become the Cougars' defensive passing game coordinator.
Wazzu coach Jake Dickert first elevated Malone from his analyst position to the team's cornerbacks coach midway through the 2021 season.
This move is another major step forward in a career that five years ago saw Malone start to command the attention of his peers around the country when he served as defensive coordinator at Augustana University (South Dakota).
There, Malone helped Augustana deliver NCAA Division II football's No. 4-ranked scoring defense in the 2019 season, an attention-getting campaign that helped propel Malone to a then-Power 5 program at Washington State.
He's a former star player at NCAA DII program Minnesota State.
Washington State, which was left abandoned alongside Oregon State as the PAC-12 dissolved, opens its 2024 season with back-to-back home games against Portland State and Texas Tech before playing heated intrastate rival Washington in Seattle.