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Mike
Santiago |
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Greg
Stevens |
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Vance
Vice |
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Chris
Tabor |
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Mike
Santiago |
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Greg
Stevens |
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Vance
Vice |
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Chris
Tabor |
Mike Santiago
The Aggies new offensive coordinator will be Mike Santiago. Santiago
coached the 1-AA Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks for the past six seasons, in
that time compiling a 39-27 record. He led his team to winning seasons in each
of his years at SFA, a school record.
Greg Stevens
Another Stephen F. Austin transplant, Greg Stevens spent the last four
seasons as the Lumberjacks’ offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Stevens will continue working with the wide receivers here at USU. He grew up
in Ephraim, Utah, and was an all-conference quarterback at Snow College before
later earning MVP honors at Eastern Oregon.
Vance Vice
Vance Vice played his college football as a tight end at Oklahoma State
when Coach Guy was an assistant coach there. For the last six years, Vice worked
with the offensive line at Illinois State, and will continue coaching the offensive
line at USU. Before coaching at ISU, he was the offensive line coach at Murray
State and tight end coach at Clemson.
Mark
Johnson
Mark
Johnson has been hired to head up the Aggies’ defense as the team’s defensive
coordinator. Johnson played football at UC Davis and later coached there, most
recently working with the linebackers. His other coaching stops were Oregon,
San Jose State, Boise State, and Nevada.
Chris Tabor
They aren’t all new faces for USU Football. Chris Tabor spent the last
three seasons coaching wide receivers here at Utah State, in addition to being
an assistant coach last year. Among the players he’s mentored are current St.
Louis Ram’s player Kevin Curtis, and last year’s Aggie sensation Kevin Robinson.
Prior to coming to USU, Tabor was head coach at Culver-Stockton in Missouri.