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Jonathan Smith’s background is offense, and Michigan State football’s head coach reportedly is turning to one of his former assistants to mentor Aidan Chiles.
The Spartans are hiring Jon Boyer away from Oregon State to take over as quarterbacks coach, according to ESPN. He becomes the seventh former coach on MSU’s staff to leave Corvallis and join Smith in East Lansing.
Boyer moved to tight ends coach last season after Smith and the bulk of his staff left for MSU. He spent the previous six seasons as the Beavers’ quality control coach and senior advisor on offense after serving as offensive coordinator at his alma mater Northern Colorado (in the Football Championship Subdivision) from 2012-17. Boyer was the Bears’ starting quarterback in 2000-01, then stayed there from 2002-05 and coached quarterbacks in 2004-05 before becoming offensive coordinator at Colorado Mesa from 2007-10.
As an understudy with now-MSU offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren at Oregon State, Boyer worked with former Beavers quarterback DJ Uiagalelei as well as Chiles in 2023.
The move comes after former MSU star player and Los Angeles native Demetrice Martin left his post as cornerbacks coach to take a similar role at UCLA, where he will be pass game coordinator and overseeing the entire secondary. Martin worked under secondary coach Blue Martin in his lone season returning to the Spartans after spending 14 seasons coaching on the West Coast.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State football hiring Jon Boyer to work with QBs
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/michigan-state-football-hiring-jon-035236053.html
Author : Lansing State Journal
Publish date : 2025-01-04 03:52:00
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