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Mississippi State football, Jeff Lebby make more changes to 2026 coaching staff
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football has made more coaching changes to its 2026 staff.
The Bulldogs hired Jermauria Rasco as an assistant defensive line coach from LSU. Quarterbacks coach Matt Holecek, who was an at-will employee, is no longer with the program.
MSU also assigned roles to two newly hired coaches and reassigned defensive line coach David Turner to senior defensive line consultant.
Bush Hamdan, hired on Dec. 10 from Kentucky, will coach the wide receivers after Chad Bumphis left for Utah. Kevin Johns, hired on Dec. 28 from Oklahoma State, will coach the quarterbacks.
Turner was MSU’s defensive line coach for three seasons and also in two other stints (2007-09, 2013-15). Coach Jeff Lebby said after MSU lost to Wake Forest in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Jan. 2 that Turner would be in a new role but declined to say what it would be. Ty Warren was hired as the defensive line coach on Dec. 28.
Rasco was a defensive analyst at LSU the past two seasons. He played four seasons at LSU (2011-15) and has been on coaching staffs at Louisiana, Arizona and Texas A&M.
Holecek came to Mississippi State with Lebby from Oklahoma in 2024 after being a senior offensive analyst.
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@usatodayco.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.