New LSU assistant football coaches Billy Gonzales and Frank Wilson were cleared by the NCAA on Thursday to begin coaching."They're on board," LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said Thursday night. "They were not at practice this afternoon because they're out recruiting, but they are expected back on Friday."
LSU head coach Les Miles wanted to use 10 coaches, which is one over the limit, by never using more than nine at one time so he could let Larry Porter coach in the bowl practices leading up to the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1 against Penn State.
LSU asked the NCAA for approval of the unique coaching lineup, but it was denied. So Porter will not coach LSU through the bowl and focus on his new head coaching job at Memphis.
Porter has been Miles' running backs coach and one of his best recruiters since he came to LSU in 2005. He recently accepted the head coaching job at Memphis.Wilson, who was the wide receivers coach at Tennessee last season, will replace Porter as running backs coach and will also be recruiting coordinator. Gonzales, who was the receivers coach at Florida for the last several seasons, will replace D.J. McCarthy as receivers coach and will also be the passing game coordinator.
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