Mississippi State reportedly losing assistant coach to job in the NFL ranks

The Mississippi State Bulldogs have had a lot of staff turnover this offseason, and it seemed to be over heading into spring practices.

However, that is not the case after all, as the Bulldogs are losing a defensive assistant to the NFL.

Per a report from Steve Robertson, Mississippi State has confirmed that LB coach Tem Lukabu is leaving for an NFL job:

Mississippi State officials confirm that linebacker coach Tem Lukabu is leaving the program to return to the NFL.

— Steve Robertson (@ScoutSteveR) February 26, 2019

Lukabu spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. It’s unclear at this time if he’s going back to the 49ers or not.

Robertson reported that a replacement is expected to be named quickly:

I’m told that Mississippi State has already reached a verbal agreement with a current college linebackers coach to replace Lukabu. I expect a formal announcement on the replacement to come quickly.

— Steve Robertson (@ScoutSteveR) February 26, 2019

We’ll see what happens moving forward, but the Bulldogs will certainly want to move quickly with this.

Adam Spencer

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