{"id":8282,"date":"2015-12-30T20:52:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T01:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8282"},"modified":"2015-12-30T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T01:56:08","slug":"jmu-reportedly-set-to-hire-new-defensive-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8282","title":{"rendered":"JMU Reportedly Set to Hire New Defensive Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hear JMU is hiring defensive staff from Ohio State, Gardner-Webb and Wake Forest\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sNnVtyuq1F\">https:\/\/t.co\/sNnVtyuq1F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballScoop\/status\/681895133651013632\">December 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe 2015 JMU football defense underperformed. Drastically. As a result, there were firings and a reshuffling of the defensive coaching staff. Steve Sisa was demoted from his position as Defensive Coordinator and the defensive line and outside linebacker coaches were let go. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/footballscoop.com\/the-scoop-2\/tuesday-december-29-2015\/\">FootballScoop<\/a>, JMU already has the replacements picked out and lined up to join the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Randall McCray is set to become the new Defensive Coordinator and coach the safeties. He&#8217;ll be joined by Vince\u00a0Oghobaase, who&#8217;ll coach the defensive line, and Tyler Santucci, who&#8217;ll coach the outside linebackers. All three appear to be outstanding hires.<\/p>\n<p>McCray will be coming to JMU from Gardner-Webb, where he was the defensive coordinator for the past three seasons. His defenses were pretty good, and certainly more effective than JMU&#8217;s. The 2015 Gardner-Webb defense ranked 13th in Total Defense and gave up the 7th fewest passing yards in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Oghobaase is joining JMU from Ohio State, where he was a graduate assistant working the defensive line the past two season. He was a four year letterman and team captain at Duke, where he finished with 14 sacks and 36.5 tackles for loss. Tyler Santucci was a graduate assistant coaching the rovers at Wake Forest the past two years. Prior to his time at Wake, he coached at Stony Brook, where he also starred as an All America and 2009 Big South Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>McCray is a seasoned coach with a track record as a very effective Defensive Coordinator. He&#8217;ll bring some much needed experience to a young defensive coaching staff looking to help the Dukes&#8217; defense turn things around. Santucci and Oghobaase more fit the mold of young guys with plenty of upside, like we&#8217;ve seen with some of Everett Withers previous assistants. All three guys have their work cut out for them, but seem up to the task.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8282&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear JMU is hiring defensive staff from Ohio State, Gardner-Webb and Wake Forest\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/sNnVtyuq1F &mdash; FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) December 29, 2015 The 2015 JMU football defense underperformed. Drastically. As a result, there were firings and a reshuffling of the defensive coaching staff. Steve Sisa was demoted from his position as Defensive Coordinator and the defensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8313,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8313","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":0},"title":"Mike Houston Reportedly Set to Become Head Football Coach at JMU (Updated)","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Sources tell FootballScoop Mike Houston is expected to accept the head coaching position at JMU https:\/\/t.co\/sNnVtycOD5 \u2014 FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) January 18, 2016 Update: Maybe Football Scoop jumped the gun a bit. Second Update: It's official\u00a0and he plans on running the spread offense apparently.\u00a0 According to FootballScoop.com Mike Houston\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8325,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8325","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":1},"title":"Donnie Kirkpatrick to Be Named JMU Offensive Coordinator","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"FootballScoop is reporting that former ECU receivers coach Donnie Kirkpatrick will be JMU's newest offensive coordinator. Kirkpatrick spent 11 years on the Pirate coaching staff. In addition to coaching receivers, he was promoted to Assistant Head Coach in 2015 and also served as the recruiting coordinator. Since 2010, he was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Donnie Kirkpatrick","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6_3021791.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6393,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6393","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":2},"title":"Withers Starts to Assemble New JMU Coaching Staff","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As first reported by WHSV, Everett Withers has hired the six members of his new JMU coaching staff. Some names began to trickle out via Twitter and the rumor mill over the weekend, but Withers and the school made things official this evening. On the offensive side of the ball,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Intense-Withers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Intense-Withers.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6356,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6356","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":3},"title":"Everett Withers Reportedly Is Going to Be the New JMU Head Coach","date":"December 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"According to reports by FootballScoop.com, Everett Withers will be the new head coach of the JMU Dukes. Withers has been the co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach to Urban Meyers at Ohio State for the past two years. Prior to joining the Buckeye staff, Withers was the interim head coach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6365,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6365","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":4},"title":"JMU Makes a GREAT Statement With Withers Hire","date":"December 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been following our schoolboy-giddy Tweets at all the last few days, you'll know that we are thrilled with JMU's hiring of Ohio St. Co-Defensive Coordinator\/Safeties Coach Everett Withers as the sixth head coach in Dukes history. Yes, there are always nits that can be picked if you work\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/withers-james-madison-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10142,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10142","url_meta":{"origin":8282,"position":5},"title":"JMU Gains a Football Coach, But Loses a Softball Star","date":"January 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU made a couple of big announcements on Wednesday. One of them has fans very excited, and the other one has fans in a bit of a panic. First the good news. Head Coach Mike Houston hired Steve Shankweiler to be the new Offensive Line Coach. Shank (can we call\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb-1024x603.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8282"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8288,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions\/8288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}