UB kicks off the season September 2 against Wagner. “We are constantly, every day, recruiting our roster and we are confident in our ability to lay out a vision and a plan that we believe our student-athletes are going to want to be a part of, and ultimately retain those gentlemen that are in the portal and get them back on our roster.” "We've already reached out to a number of those guys," he said. The timing of former head coach Lance Leipold leaving to take the head coaching job at Kansas means Linguist has to quickly hire a coaching staff - and he says some are already on the way.Īnd he'll also have to work hard to keep some of the players on the team - with some exploring their options to transfer to other programs given the coaching change. He inherits a team that won the Mid-American Conference East division title last season, and has been bowl-eligible the past four years. Defensive backs coach and newly appointed assistant head coach Maurice Linguist departed from Minnesota Monday night to become an assistant coach at Texas.
The losses, the highs, the lows, the wins. "The ups, the downs - that’s where I get my healthy competitive chip from," Linguist said. He's had several stops before and after, including briefly with the University of Michigan, and before that the Dallas Cowboys, but it's been a long road to his first head coaching job. Alnutt said Linguist checked all the boxes. He said several former Bulls such as Khalil Mack and Joe Licata have reached out to him with congratulations and welcoming him back to UB.Īthletic Director Mark Alnutt had to work quickly to hire Linguist, but had already done some preliminary homework on candidates to fill Lance Leipold's position. Maurice "Mo" Linguist spent two seasons with the Bulls as an assistant under Jeff Quinn in 20. Linguist was replaced earlier this week by Kentucky assistant coach Steve Clinkscale.The University at Buffalo's newest football coach arrives in Amherst familiar with the program he's taking over.
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(AP Images) Maurice Linguist's Coaching Resume Since 2012 (Which is When he Returned to the FBS Full Time) The 2020 season was Linguist's only campaign in the NFL, with the Cowboys' secondary finishing 11th out of 32 teams. He was on the job for nearly five months in Ann Arbor before taking the vacant head coaching job at the University of Buffalo in the MAC. Michigan Wolverines football co-DC Maurice Linguist (left) during his playing days at Baylor. Linguist was hired as Michigan’s co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach back in January. Hopefully he and Linguist find success at Buffalo (unless they’re playing Central Michigan, of course). While this won’t be a noticeable loss on the field, or from a play-calling standpoint, it still goes to show Michigan has well-respected and wanted coaches at every level, from the coordinators down to the analysts. He was also the special teams coordinator at the University of Connecticut. He also had multiple roles for nearly a decade at his alma mater of Syracuse, including special teams coordinator, tight ends coach, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. He also had a four-year stint with the Minnesota Vikings as the assistant special teams coordinator.Īt the college level, White was at the University of Iowa for four years as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach. Jim Harbaugh needed to work quickly to find a replacement for co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Maurice Linguist, who took the job as head. Before coming to U-M last season, White coached the tight ends with the Detroit Lions in 2019.
Leipold, who led the Bulls to three straight bowl ber.
FootballScoop is reporting the new head coach at the University of Buffalo is hiring University of Michigan analyst Chris White to join his staff as the special teams coordinator.ĭuring his time as head coach at Michigan, Harbaugh has hired several analysts with extensive coaching experience, and White is no exception. Buffalo hired veteran assistant Maurice Linguist to succeed Lance Leipold as its football coach. It appears Maurice Linguist poached one of Jim Harbaugh’s analysts upon leaving Ann Arbor.
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