The offseason coaching carousel saw LSU lose various assistants from both the on-field and off-field staffs. SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic is reporting that the Tigers are bringing in an FCS offensive coordinator as a new off-field analyst.

Per Cubelic, LSU has hired Samford offensive coordinator Russ Callaway as a senior offensive analyst. Callaway was on the Samford staff for five seasons (2015-19) including the last four as the team’s offensive coordinator.

Callaway has some previous SEC coaching experience as an analyst. Before his two seasons at Murray State (2013-14), Callaway was a defensive analyst at Alabama during the Crimson Tide’s back-to-back national championship wins in 2011 and ’12.

Callaway also served as Samford’s quarterbacks coach. In 2018, Bulldogs QB Devin Hodges earned the Walter Payton Award for the top offensive player in all of FCS football. That season, Hodges set a school record with 4,283 yards. A three-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Year and All-American, Hodges passed for an FCS-record 14,584 yards in his career, breaking the old record set by Steve McNair.

At the time of publishing, Callaway still lists himself as “Samford University OC/QB” on his Twitter account, using Samford photos for his profile and header images.