Texas A&M to hire Group of Five offensive line coach to staff

According to Chris Vannini of The Athletic, the Texas A&M Aggies are hiring Louie Addazio to their staff as an offensive line analyst. He currently is on the Nevada Wolfpack staff, serving as the offensive line coach under head coach Jay Norvell.

Addazio is the son of current Aggies offensive line coach Steve Addazio, with the father and son duo linking up together in College Station. The two will both be entering their first seasons with the program, looking to have success in the SEC with head coach Jimbo Fisher.

Before taking the Nevada job, Addazio was the offensive line coach for Colorado State, also working with his father in Fort Collins. Addazio has also coached tight ends in the MAC, serving on the Bowling Green staff after working under Urban Meyer and Ryan Day as a graduate assistant for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Texas A&M had to rework its offensive line coaching staff after Josh Henson decided to leave the program. Newly hired USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley hired Henson away, taking him to Los Angeles.

Texas A&M HC Jimbo Fisher disucsses Conner Weigman playing two sports

Jimbo Fisher was recently asked about the plan for two-sport athlete Conner Weigman, who came to Texas A&M to pursue both football and baseball.

Fisher made it clear that it’s Weigman’s choice but the young quarterback has made football a priority as he settles in at College Station.

“Yeah he’s in football right now, that was his choice,” Fisher said.

“When I first signed him I assumed he would stay and play baseball. Because he’s a significant baseball player and could be a very high draft pick. But he’s impressed me from the get go saying, ‘coach I want to be a football player first, then play baseball.’ He told me his plan of coming in and not doing baseball, so he could learn the offense, go through fall ball, and then come back like a normal freshman and be able to both, which would be great. I’ve had multiple guys do that, whether it’s track here, or baseball somewhere else I’ve been. Jameis [Winston] was a great example of that. He could have been a first or second round baseball guy just like he was for football, and the same for Conner. But he wants to be a football guy first and wants to play baseball and I respect that.”