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Who Will Make Up Kalen DeBoer's Coaching Staff & How Long Before We Know?
ChillyDawg
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Will he bring a lot of his Fresno State staff with him or reach out to other coaches he has relationships with?
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Multiple former UW players have expressed their desire to have defensive-backs coach Will Harris and outside-linebackers coach Ikaika Malloe be retained for program continuity and recruiting purposes.
Harris deserves credit for continuing to develop NFL-bound defensive backs, something Lake really got rolling once he arrived in 2014 as an assistant for Chris Petersen. He's also one of the more fun and animated coaches, as the accompanying video shows.
Malloe, a former UW safety and linebacker, has been a Husky assistant coach and top recruiter since 2016 and he's been credited with signing top-level Polynesian players such as Zion Tupuola-Fetui.
When taking over a program, new coaches tend to view this situation differently. Some need all of their own hand-picked coaches as a matter of preference. Others deem a total housecleaning necessary to implement a new culture.
Building out the coaching staff
A quality coaching staff is one of the most important factors to a head coach's success. DeBoer knows this, and will spend his early time at Washington building out his coaching staff.
“I’ll be very diligent in putting together a great staff, and first and foremost a staff that can recruit,” DeBoer said. “We’ve got to bring the best to this program; we’ve gotta get the best players and the best character — guys that have a very high importance placed on academics. There is a piece to when you perform well in the classroom, you perform better on the football field as well. It’s not all about the best athletes.”
Expect many of DeBoers assistants at Fresno State, especially those on the offensive side of the ball, to follow him to Washington. Although he did not name any names, DeBoer seemed certain that there would be assistants from Fresno State.
“There will be some pieces from Fresno State who come here with us, and I wouldn’t want it any other way,” DeBoer said.
Fresno State offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb is one such coach expected to follow DeBoer to Washington. Any uncertainty on who will be coaching under DeBoer will be cleared up in the coming days and weeks as he gets to work building his staff.