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Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series examining how to fix OSU football after a down season. Here is Part I.
STILLWATER — As Mike Gundy rebuilt Oklahoma State football’s offensive coaching staff over the past few weeks, he seemed to be focused on blending old with new — not necessarily in age or experience, though you can make that case.
But more so, the new coaches are a mix of guys who have been at OSU and guys who haven’t.
It all started with Doug Meacham, the former Cowboy offensive lineman of the mid-1980s, who was on Gundy’s staff from 2005-12.
For the offensive line, the area in need of the most significant overhaul, Gundy and Meacham brought in a pair of OSU products, Cooper Bassett and Andrew Mitchell.
Bassett primarily played defensive end at OSU from 2009-12, but began his career as a tight end, a position Meacham coached at the time. Mitchell was an offensive lineman in 2008-09.
Yet other positions on the staff went to newcomers to Stillwater, like running backs coach Cory Patterson, who has coached at Purdue and Illinois, or quarterbacks coach Kevin Johns, whose coaching career has taken him all across the country. D.J. Tialavea will coach tight ends at OSU, which is his first job away from his alma mater, Utah State.
The blend of old faces and new blood seems like the ideal mixture for Gundy as he enters a crucial season in 2025, but can this staff fix the Oklahoma State offense?
Let’s examine what that will take:
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-12-26 12:14:00
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