Linguist is regarded as an elite recruiter, as he helped recruit and develop many of the players who starred on the SEC’s leading defense for Texas A&M this season. The following year, he coached defensive backs and special teams at Valdosta State. After playing at Baylor, Linguist spent a season as a graduate assistant with the Bears. That’s included stops at James Madison (safeties), Iowa State (DBs/pass game coordinator), Mississippi State (safeties), Minnesota (defensive backs) and Texas A&M (cornerbacks). Maurice Linguist (born April 1, 1984) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Buffalo Bulls. He spent the 2020 season in the NFL coaching the Cowboys' cornerbacks after a career spent primarily as a defensive backs coach. In Linguist, the Bulls are getting an experienced coach who most recently made headlines for energizing Michigan’s languid recruiting. Report on the Second Annual Round Table Meeting on Linguistics and Language Teaching.

Linguist served as a Buffalo assistant coach in 20. Throughout a circuitous career that’s seen Linguist work everywhere from the FCS to the NFL and two separate tours in the SEC, his first head coaching opportunity will come in a familiar place. Linguist, 37, spent this spring at Michigan after working the 2020 season with the Dallas Cowboys. The deal is being finalized and the school could introduce Linguist to the team as soon as Friday night. Linguist was replaced earlier this week by Kentucky assistant coach Steve Clinkscale.Buffalo is on the cusp of hiring Michigan co-defensive coordinator Maurice Linguist to become the school’s next head coach, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. 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. 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. Leipold, who led the Bulls to three straight bowl ber. 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. Buffalo hired veteran assistant Maurice Linguist to succeed Lance Leipold as its football coach. 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. Maurice Linguist, the former Safeties coach at Mississippi State and current Defensive Backs coach at the University of Minnesota, shares the essential compo. He takes over a talented group of safeties.

Before coming to U-M last season, White coached the tight ends with the Detroit Lions in 2019. Maurice Linguist joins Mississippi State after having served as Iowa States defensive passing game coordinator. 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. Maurice Linguist isnt a fan of labels, and he doesnt need to be. On the 115th day, Linguist accepted the head coach position at the. Why Cross Training Is Best Bet For Dallas DBs. It appears Maurice Linguist poached one of Jim Harbaugh’s analysts upon leaving Ann Arbor. For 114 days, Maurice Linguist's main objective was to breathe new life into a Michigan football defense that ranked 89th.

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