LSU hires Ed Orgeron as defensive line coach

A day after hiring Kevin Steele as defensive coordinator, LSU has added another coaching veteran to its defensive staff.

The program announced on Wednesday that Ed Orgeron, the longtime USC assistant who took over as interim head coach after the firing of Lane Kiffin in 2013, will coach the Tigers’ defensive line.

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Orgeron spent 2014 away from coaching after not getting the full-time head-coaching gig with the Trojans and now he’ll join Les Miles’ staff in his home state of Louisiana.

In addition to coaching defensive line at USC from 2010-13 and 1998-2004, Orgeron was also the program’s recruiting coordinator. Previously, Orgeron was the head coach at Ole Miss from 2005-07 and was an assistant at Tennessee, Syracuse, Nicholls State, Miami (FL), Arkansas, McNeese State and Northwestern State. He also spent a year in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints.

Orgeron has long been known as one of the nation’s best recruiters and he helped USC bring in Top 10 recruiting classes in 2010, 2011 and 2012 – including the No. 1 class in 2010.

LSU, which finished 8-5, ranked ninth nationally this season in total defense (316.8 yards per game) and also fifth in scoring defense (17.5 points allowed per game).

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