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New DC hired: Tom Allen


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Sources: #OleMiss LB's coach Tom Allen has been offered and accepted #USF's defensive coordinator job. Official announcement later today.

 

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Think Tom Allen will be a great fit for #USF. Knows the Tampa area well and he's a high character guy which recruits will like.

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Wow. Could be very interesting

Allen has been on Ole Miss' staff the last three seasons, coaching linebackers and also working with the No. 9 Rebels' special teams. He's been known as a quality and hard-working recruiter for coach Hugh Freeze, and Allen has coached two All-SEC players (Denzel Nkemdiche and Serderius Bryant) at linebacker.

Ole Miss finished the year No. 1 in scoring defense (13.8 points per game) and was among the nation's best in yards per play allowed and turnovers created.

Allen is inheriting a rebuilding project at South Florida. The Bulls gave up 5.69 yards per play in 2014, eighth in the American Athletic Conference, and 27 points per game during a 4-8 season.

South Florida coach Willie Taggart fired defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan and defensive backs coach Ron Cooper after the season. The Bulls return six starters on defense.

Allen was once a high school coach in the state of Florida, part of a career that was spent at the high school and lower college levels until he joined Freeze's staff at Lambuth in 2008. Freeze hired Allen when the former became head coach at Arkansas State in 2011, and then brought Allen to Oxford.

This is the first coaching staff change for Ole Miss since co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach Wesley McGriff left for the New Orleans Saints after the 2012 season. Freeze is expected to speak later today at a formal acceptable of an invitation to the Peach Bowl, and could give a timeline then for replacing Allen.

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Good. Was worried the LB coach from Ohio St was going to get it. His unfamiliarity with an attacking defense was scary.

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Might help in landing Jordan Griffin. Sometimes making a change like this spurs on positive recruiting.

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Good. Was worried the LB coach from Ohio St was going to get it. His unfamiliarity with an attacking defense was scary.

 

What kind of defense does Ole Miss run?

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I'm happy; top rated SEC coach

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Good. Was worried the LB coach from Ohio St was going to get it. His unfamiliarity with an attacking defense was scary.

 

What kind of defense does Ole Miss run?

 

A better one than ours.

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Good. Was worried the LB coach from Ohio St was going to get it. His unfamiliarity with an attacking defense was scary.

What kind of defense does Ole Miss run?

A better one than ours.

http://youtu.be/fV40ob_OXC4

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