Mississippi St’s Arnett promotes Brock to DC, hires 2 others

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State coach Zach Arnett has promoted Matt Brock to Bulldogs defensive coordinator and employed Chad Bumphis and Brad Peterson to his workers.

Brock referred to as defensive performs in No. 24 MSU’s 19-10 ReliaQuest Bowl victory over Illinois after serving this season as linebackers coach. The Bulldogs held the Illini to 22 yards speeding and recorded 10 tackles for loss with a season-high seven sacks that set a college bowl document. He arrived at MSU in 2020 as particular groups coordinator and out of doors linebackers coach.

Bumphis returns to his alma mater as broad receivers coach after two seasons at Utah, the place he helped the Utes earn their second consecutive Pac-12 Convention championship and Rose Bowl berth and rank in top-five within the league in scoring (38.6 factors per sport) and complete offense (466.9 yards). The Tupelo, Mississippi, native is MSU’s profession chief with 24 touchdowns receiving and ranks second with 2,270 yards and 159 receptions. Bumphis additionally coached at Austin Peay, Buffalo and Iowa Wesleyan.

Peterson returns to MSU as affiliate athletic director for soccer administration. He beforehand was the Bulldogs’ director of highschool relations from 2016-20 after going 148-70-1 over 17 years as a highschool coach within the state. Peterson was named coach of the 12 months thrice in two divisions by the Mississippi Affiliation of Coaches.

Arnett turned MSU’s head coach on Dec. 15 following the demise of Mike Leach days earlier from a coronary heart situation. He had been Leach’s defensive coordinator for 3 seasons.

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