Report: Vanderbilt set to hire new offensive coordinator, passing game coordinator
The Vanderbilt Commodores are entering their first year under new head coach Clark Lea, who has some important hires to make for his first staff.
On Saturday night, it seems he made a couple of crucial hires for the offensive side of the ball.
Per Yahoo’s Pete Thamel, Vanderbilt is turning to Arizona Cardinals assistant David Raih as its new offensive coordinator:
Sources: Vanderbilt is expected to hire Arizona Cardinals assistant coach David Raih as the school’s offensive coordinator. He’s a veteran NFL assistant who got his start at Texas Tech under Kliff Kingsbury. He worked with Clark Lea at UCLA in 2009. @mzenitz had it.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 24, 2021
Per Thamel, Raih worked with Lea during their time together at UCLA in 2009.
The Commodores are also expected to hire Colorado State OC Joey Lynch to be their new QB coach and passing game coordinator, per Thamel:
Sources: Vanderbilt is also expected to hire Colorado State OC Joey Lynch to be the QB coach and pass game coordinator. Lynch was OC/play caller at CSU and Ball State. Was an integral part of the Ball State rebuild under Mike Neu.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 24, 2021
Lynch has some experience calling plays at the Group of 5 level, but it seems Raih would be the play-caller for the Commodores under this structure.
We’ll see if Vanderbilt can finalize these deals in the coming days.
