Thursday, January 19, 2012

UMass adds assistant coaches

I was going to wait until tomorrow to blog on two additions to the UMass staff, but enough material is accumulating to make a decent post, so here goes.

Several sources report that former Hawaii offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich has joined the UMass staff as offensive coordinator/ QB coach.

Story from Matty V.

Story from Jeff Thomas.

Rolovich's Hawaii bio. Read it. Wikipedia bio.

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Also reported to join the UMass staff is Ron Hudson offensive line/ run game coordinator from New Mexico.

Hudson's New Mexico bio.

Story about Coach Hudson's early days in coaching.

Coach Hudson talks about the run game at New Mexico's 2011 media day


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Also reported to be joining the Minutemen is Charlie Molnar Jr, a graduate assistant from the Buffalo Bulls.


Story about his hiring at Buffalo.




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Former UMass assistant coach Dyran Peake became the first of the former UMass staff to land a job as he has been hired as an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina.

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