UCF soccer coach Gus Malzahn continued to develop his workers Monday by hiring former LSU passing sport coordinator DJ Mangas as an analyst, this system introduced.
Mangas returned to LSU this previous season after one yr within the NFL as an offensive assistant with the Carolina Panthers in 2020.
He was, nonetheless, not retained by new LSU soccer coach Brian Kelly, Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman reported final December.
In 2019, Mangas served as an offensive analyst below former LSU offensive coordinator Joe Brady earlier than leaving for the NFL to comply with Brady to Carolina.
That season, LSU received the nationwide championship, scoring 50 or extra factors seven instances and successful all however two video games by double-digits.
In Carolina the subsequent yr, Mangas labored alongside each Brady and former quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz.
That season, 4 Panthers every completed with over 1,000 scrimmage yards as Carolina grew to become solely the fifth group within the Super Bowl period to perform such a feat.
Prior to teaching within the SEC and NFL, Mangas labored at his alma mater, William & Mary, from 2014-18. He coached working backs for 3 seasons after which was promoted to offensive coordinator for his closing two years there.
At the time in 2017, Mangas was the second-youngest offensive coordinator in Division I soccer.
Under Mangas, each William & Mary working backs Mikal Abdul-Saboor (3,108 yards) and Kendell Anderson (3,082) completed their careers as two of the most efficient working backs in class historical past, rating fourth and fifth, respectively, on this system’s all-time dashing record.
Mangas performed broad receiver at William & Mary from 2007-11. During his senior season, he led his group in receptions (45), receiving yards (591) and landing catches (5).
Following his enjoying profession, Mangas grew to become a scholar assistant the subsequent spring at William & Mary earlier than leaving for Hampton-Sydney College in 2012 to teach quarterbacks.
The subsequent yr Mangas served because the working backs coach at Georgetown after which returned to William & Mary for the subsequent 5 years.
Mangas joins offensive analyst Jesse Stone, defensive analyst Charles Moore and special-teams analyst Ben Larson on Malzahn’s teaching workers at UCF.
While coaches can use analysts in numerous roles, akin to an adviser or somebody to interrupt down opponents’ schemes, analysts can not coach on the sphere or at observe.
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