Michigan State football hires former Indiana DC Chad Wilt as co-special teams coordinator

The final pieces of Jonathan Smith’s Michigan State football coaching staff are starting to come together.

Michigan State announced on Thursday Smith hired former Indiana co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chad Wilt to become the Spartans’ co-special teams coordinator and rush ends coach on the new-look coaching staff.

Wilt worked at Indiana for the past two seasons and was not retained by the Hoosiers’ new coaching staff after head coach Tom Allen was fired. Previously, Wilt worked as the defensive line coach at Minnesota from 2020-21 under Joe Rossi, MSU’s new defensive coordinator.

“Chad Wilt is a proven defensive coach who has mentored and developed multiple all-conference and NFL players,” Smith said in a statement. “He has a familiarity with our defensive coordinator Joe Rossi and has previously coached at three different schools in the Big Ten Conference. He also has experience as a special teams coordinator and understands the importance of that phase of the game. I’m excited to have Chad and his family join our staff in East Lansing.”

Defensive coordinator Chad Wilt leads the Hoosiers leads the Hoosiers to their next drill the first open practice of the 2022 season at the practice facility at Indiana University on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

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Wilt was also the defensive line coach for Maryland in 2014-15, meaning he will be bringing experience from three different Big Ten schools to East Lansing.

He began his career as a defensive line coach and special teams coordinator for Central Connecticut State from 2001-03, after a four-year college career as a defensive lineman at Taylor University (Ind.) at the NAIA level. As a player, Wilt was a two-time All-American and three-time all-conference defensive…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-01-04 17:39:38

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