BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Les Miles says he’s hired former Louisville and Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe as his new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Kragthorpe will fill the post vacated by Gary Crowton, who after four seasons at LSU has taken a similar position on Randy Edsall’s first-year staff at Maryland.
LSU’s offense ranked fourth in the 12-team Southeastern Conference in rushing and last in the league in passing in 2010.
After taking over for Bobby Petrino in Louisville in 2007, Kragthorpe went 15-21 during three seasons. Before that, he was 29-22 in four seasons at Tulsa and was only the second coach to lead the Golden Hurricane to three bowl games.
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Oregon in 1988.
