LSU Hires Longtime DC Kevin Cosgrove As Lead Analyst On Defense

LSU has hired former Wisconsin and Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove as the teams new lead analysts on defense, according to FootballScoop.com:

Cosgrove joins the staff after serving as defensive coordinator at New Mexico for the past five years. He will replace Mark Criner, who left the staff to join the Atlanta Legends in the AAF.

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Cosgrove is currently at New Mexico, where he was slated to serve as the Lobos’ linebackers coach. Cosgrove spent the past seven seasons at New Mexico, the last five as defensive coordinator, but Lobos head coach Bob Davie announced last month that Jordan Peterson had been promoted to defensive coordinator, while Cosgrove would remain on as linebackers coach.

Instead, Cosgrove has opted to join the support staff at LSU.

In addition to New Mexico, Cosgrove previously coordinated defenses for Nebraska, Wisconsin, Akron and Southeast Missouri State. He spent 14 years on College Football Hall of Famer Barry Alvarez’s Wisconsin staffs, five as linebackers coach and nine as defensive coordinator.

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