The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Andy Ludwig is in the fifth year of his second full-time stint on the Utah football coaching staff in 2023. 2012-13 Middle Tennessee Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line 19 San Diego State, their sixth bowl win in school history with a 24-13 victory against Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, and a school-record-tying 11 wins after being picked to finish fifth in the Mountain Division of the MW in the preseason polls. 1997-98 Stephen F. Austin Defensive Line Doug Samuels. Sports Producer SALT LAKE CITY - Utah State head football coach Blake Anderson announced the hiring of Joe Cauthen as the Aggies' new defensive coordinator. Staff Directory - Southern Utah University Athletics We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. He was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks in 2022. Penn State Football: James Franklin Adds To 2023 Coaching Staff Utah State (1) Mountain West, 2021 Following its second-ever MW Mountain Division title, USU posted its first win against a top-25 opponent in six seasons with its victory against SDSU in the MW Championship Game. Additionally, Anderson announced Mitch Hardy, in his third season with the program, will transition into the role of Director of Football Management. Read Exciting 4A basketball playoffs; Bobby Wagner moving on; new coach named to USU - Feb. 23, 2023 by with a free trial. He followed Diaz to Mississippi State as a quality control coach, then moved on the field as safeties coach when Diaz became the Hurricanes' defensive coordinator in 2016. Cauthen was Blake Anderson's defensive coordinator for the first five of his seven seasons at A-State. Thats for certain. During that six-year stretch, the Red Wolves broke 12 school records, including 494.8 yards of total offense per game, 4,106 passing yards and 38 touchdown passes in 2017, 520 points scored and 69 total touchdowns in 2015, and 6,174 yards of total offense and 1,024 total plays in 2014.