Bo Davis talks LSU-to-Saints move, outlook for successor Kyle Williams, Tigers' DL
The New Orleans Saints’ overhauled coaching staff under first-time coach Kellen Moore met with media Monday for the first time.
Most immediately notably for LSU fans among that new leadership group was new defensive line coach Bo Davis, who accepted the role a week and a half ago just before opening what would’ve been his second spring back at his alma mater.
Davis shared his perspective with WAFB sports director Jacques Doucet during the session on his short trip back to the NFL and the outlook for his position group and his coaching successor with the Tigers in 2025.
“It was just an opportunity that presented itself, and I think that it was a good opportunity for me and my family,” Davis said. “I love LSU, and this opportunity presented itself, and it wasn’t far from there, so I took this opportunity.”
When asked more specifically about the shifting challenges in recruiting coaches potentially impacting his decision, Davis agreed, “the landscape of recruiting has changed, I think, a lot,” but primarily emphasized: “Just for me having the opportunity to come and coach at a great organization like the Saints, I don’t think anyone would pass that up when you’ve got the opportunity to come here and work in a great organization and be around a great group of people like coach Kellen has put together as a staff, I think it’s unbelievable.”
The Magee, Miss., native’s previous NFL stops during a three-decade coaching career came as the Miami Dolphins’ assistant defensive line coach in 2006, as an intern with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2016 and as the Detroit Lions’ defensive line coach from 2018 to 2020.
Another former All-SEC defensive lineman meanwhile returns to Baton Rouge to succeed Davis in the role in purple and gold.
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And Davis shared his confidence in first-time college coach Kyle Williams, whose LSU playing career in the early 2000s coincided with Davis’ time as the program’s assistant strength and conditioning coach.
“They’re getting a good person, a good coach,” Davis told Doucet. “I think it’s gonna be tremendous for him, and the wealth of knowledge that he brings from the game to those young men, I think is gonna be unbelievable.”
Williams returns to Baton Rouge after beginning his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Ruston, where he spent five seasons as defensive coordinator, including a 2023 Division-I Non-Select state championship.
A familiar face from that Bearcats title team, Ahmad Breaux, and fellow rising sophomore Dominick McKinley, the former Acadiana star, are among the notable core pieces of the group Williams inherits from Davis.
“I think that those guys are gonna develop and get better,” Davis said. of the group. “I think they’re gonna grow. I think they were young, and I think the sky’s the ceiling for those guys. And I think that they’re gonna just continue to get better every day they work at it and I think they’re gonna grow and keep developing and keep getting better at what they’re doing.”
