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Career
- Elevated to interim head coach on September 25, 2016, bringing immediate energy and enthusiasm to the Tigers.
- Joined the LSU staff in January of 2015, after a four year stop at Southern California
- Considered one of the premier defensive line coaches and recruiters in college football
- Member of 4 national championship teams
- Coached 8 All-Americans, including NFL first rounders Cortez Kennedy, Russell Maryland and Warren Sapp while at Miami
- Named "National Recruiter of the Year" in 2004 and 2011
Personal
- Native of Larose, Louisiana
- Played defensive line at Northwestern State
- Favorite band is Creedence Clearwater Revival
- First car was a Monte Carlo
- Favorite type of food is Cajun
- Played himself in the 2009 Oscar-nominated movie, "The Blind Side."
- Married to wife, Kelly, with 3 sons, Tyler, and twins Parker and Cody.
Experience
- 1984
- Northwestern (La.) State
- graduate assistant
- 1985
- McNeese State
- graduate assistant
- 1986-87
- Arkansas
- assistant strength coach
- 1988-92
- Miami (Fla.)
- Defensive line
- 1994
- Nicholls State
- Linebackers
- 1995-97
- Syracuse
- Defensive line
- 1998-2004
- Southern Cal
- def. line/rec. coord.
- 2005-07
- Ole Miss
- Head Coach
- 2008
- New Orleans Saints
- Defensive line
- 2009
- Tennessee
- def. line/rec. coord.
- 2010-12
- Southern Cal
- def. coord./rec. coord.
- 2015-2016
- LSU
- Defensive Line
- 2016-
- LSU
- Head Coach