Coaching Changes and Signing Day....Football

 A bunch of news out of the BG football program today....

To start with, the defensive coaching has been sorted out.  BG has been out a DC and secondary coach since Eric Lewis went to Navy.

Here's what was announced today.

First, Derrick Jackson will be the defensive coordinator and defensive pass game coordinator.  He's an experienced coach---has been in the business for 24 years.  A native of Cincinnati, he went to Duke.  Most recently, he was the associate head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach at NIU.  He has also coached at Purdue, Wake Forest, Michigan State and Syracuse. You can find the info here, including the players he coached along the way.  Appears to be a good choice for our staff.

There were some other shifting positions.

Steve Morrison and Sammy Lawanson will be co-defensive coordinators. Morrison will call the defense.

Julian Campenni has been made assistant head coach and continued to be defensive run game coordinator.

Which means we have four coordinators on defense.

I had expected continuity as the position was filled.  They have a big job.  There are serious losses on defense and BG has to keep getting better on defense. The Falcons were #8 in scoring defense last year. (MAC play) and #7 in yards per play.

Also, it's signing day.

BG added two players.

Trimaine Brown, Jr., is coming in as an athlete. He is from Miami.  He is a CB and WR who made 22 tackles and broke up 10 passes last year. He's 5'11" and 165 pounds and also had D1 offers from FAU and UMass. He also ran track, with a 10.54 in the 100.

Also, there's Romello Flowers, a 6'1" 185 pound DB from Fr. Lauderdale.  He went to the Avant Garde Academy--I'd love to see how they draw up plays there.

He was second-team all-Broward in 2021. His brother was Zay Flowers, who played at BC.  He was offered by Syracuse and perhaps others, I'm not seeing anything.

So, Derrick, Trimaine and Romello, welcome to the Falcons.