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Report: LSU Lines Up Interviews For Offense Jobs, Including Familiar Face From 2019 Team

by Staff Reporter

January 4, 202139 Comments

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

LSU is expected to meet with Carolina Panthers quarterback coach Jake Peetz for the offensive coordinator position, according to Pete Thamel with Yahoo Sports.

Thamel also reports that a meeting with Panthers offensive assistant DJ Mangas will take place this week as he could be a candidate for LSU's passing game coordinator.

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Mangas was on LSU's staff during the 2019 Championship season, working under Steve Ensminger and Joe Brady. He was the offensive coordinator at William & Mary before coming to Baton Rouge in 2019.

Peetz, 37-years old, started working with quarterbacks in 2012 with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has worked with the Washington Redskins (2014) and the Oakland Raiders (2015-2017). He was an offensive analyst with Alabama in 2013 and 2018 before joining the Panthers staff as a running back coach in 2019.

Jake Peetz Career history:
As coach:

Santa Barbara City College (2006)
Special Teams Coordinator / Safeties Coach / Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

UCLA (2007)
Defensive Assistant

Jacksonville Jaguars (2012)
Assistant Quarterbacks Coach

Alabama (2013)
Offensive Analyst - Quarterbacks

Washington Redskins (2014)
Offensive quality control & Wide Receivers Assistant

Oakland Raiders (2015)
Senior Offensive Assistant

Oakland Raiders (2016)
Assistant Quarterbacks Coach

Oakland Raiders (2017)
Quarterbacks Coach

Alabama (2018)
Offensive Analyst

Carolina Panthers (2019)
Running Backs Coach

Carolina Panthers (2020–present)
Quarterbacks Coach

As executive:
Jacksonville Jaguars (2008–2011)
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Harry Rex Vonner•53 months

stupid move

St Jean The Baptiste•53 months

Do the Saints have another young, bright offensive analyst like Brady that we can hire away?

tigerballs•53 months

Big gamble on a guy who never called plays. Don't chase the next Brady. Get the best guy.

CDawson•53 months

so why not just go get Brady instead of them. $2.5 million plus head coach in waiting would get him. If Woodward was dumb enough to pay Jimbo, Pelini and others then he is definitely dumb enough to pay Brady.

Giantkiller•53 months

College OC is a step down. He’s got a HC gig in sites in the pros.

SomeLSUguy•53 months

Like Giant said, he's about to be an NFL HC... if Bieniemy does not pick Houston, there is a very good possibility Brady is the Texans next HC...

LSUsince74•53 months

This is a unique scenario

Tigers4Lyfe•53 months

I'm not sure one year with Brady makes a man.

alumni95•53 months

To be fair, Mangas and Brady have been with each other 4 or more years at different stops (W&M, LSU, Panthers).

Drayton80•53 months

Young, innovative, and worked closely with the "assistant coach of the year" in 2019. Combine them with Russ, and I like the chances

luciouslou•53 months

Meh

brewdrees•53 months

Can we just get Brady back?

Arena30•53 months

Nope

Bayoubengal205•53 months

We hired Brady on... as a PG coordinator. And struck gold at that. Now we are trying to strike gold in even less likely areas!? Sure what it seems like. Saban probably hiring Ex NFL head coaches for the jobs Coach O hires nfl helpers for. Coach O better know what he’s doing.

BigDawg0420•53 months

Because hiring Scott Linehan worked out so well

SBC•53 months

The most moronic take I have ever seen. Holy shite.

saint tiger225•53 months

Lol. BayouBengal is too stupid to realize O hired an Ex-NFL head coach last year. As the PGC at that. What a dumbass take.

reauxl tigers•53 months

Guarantee u they called Brady and he said “no but try these guys” lol

RazzleDazzle•53 months

I bet you are right.

lsucoonass•53 months

Not sure why this got downvoted but this makes sense

HubbaBubba•53 months

One-year and he'd be gone. That resume screams "instability".

rob62•53 months

I agree. Job hopping every year.

baytiger11•53 months

This is the format we signed up for when we hired O. Any coordinator that's "stable" means 9-3 seasons. Venables is the outlier. If we want seasons like 2019, we have to take chances even if that means a revolving door of young coaches.

saintlad74•53 months

If we have potential to be close to 2019, beat Bama, and get a NC, I am good with that

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WhiskeyPlease•53 months

I dont know about this

FlyinTiger93•53 months

Because Bridgewater was unstoppable this year.

TwoDatBait•53 months

Have you looked at his stats this year? He definitely played above his ability, could be coaching and/or play calling... Imagine if he had CMC the whole year

Melvin•53 months

He had career highs in basically every statistic

LSU615•53 months

So they're taking the Sean McVay approach to re-capture the glory of 2019. If I were Orgeron, I would be trying to find a sure fire coordinator, not taking chances.

225Tyga•53 months

Took a lot of chances in 2019. High risk high reward. I would rather that than a Les miles 10-2 9-3 season every year

LSU615•53 months

But his job is in potential danger so the circumstances are different.

stowns•53 months

Good. Brady rolled w/ 0 indication or warning. Gut his staff

Melvin•53 months

Imagine being mad at the man who brought your team the greatest offense of all time because he left for a clearly better opportunity

Tshiz•53 months

Balls deep on how Brady. Seems risky

panzer•53 months

hopefully those apples fell from the right tree