re: LSU to name new TE coach

NAGLE is a homerun hire! He was my darkhorse for OC

This year we had a very unique setup on the offensive side of the ball with how we game plan, how the play calling was distributed and all those things,” said Tulane Assistant Head Coach Slade Nagle. “I think I was able to take my past experiences from guys like Will Hall, the Matt Viator’s of the world, the Steve Ensminger’s, take the best of those things and mesh them into a system and figure out a way to get it to fit and to fit our players too.”

Nagle, who also holds the title of Run Game Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach has been a part of the Green Wave offense for seven seasons. He has coached under four different offensive coordinators during that time, which some might find challenging but for Tulane, it was just part of the next man up mentality in New Orleans.

“With the run game I’ve probably taken a lot from what Will did as far as packaging plays together and being able to double call plays and stuff like that,” said Nagle. “Some of the tempo things, the being able to play fast that Will and Chip (Long) did and then to be honest my overall philosophy stems more from my younger days coaching under Viatar and Scott Stoker, just being a tough, hard-nosed offense that tries to play physical. Doug Ruse as well, he’s very similar to those guys.”