Colorado head football coach Mel Tucker is quickly putting together his coaching staff, and it will include several familiar faces.
Buffzone.com learned through a source Monday that current CU assistant coaches Darian Hagan, Ross Els and Kwahn Drake will be retained by Tucker, who was hired as the Buffaloes’ new head coach on Wednesday. Darrin Chiaverini announced Sunday night he will be retained, as well.
Meanwhile, Buffzone has confirmed a FootballScoop.com report that the Buffs are in the process of hiring Jay Johnson as offensive coordinator. Johnson has spent the past two years as offensive quality control analyst at Georgia.
Tucker, who was the defensive coordinator at Georgia the previous three years, worked alongside Johnson with the Bulldogs and is giving him a chance to return to a coordinator role.
Johnson was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Minnesota in 2016. Prior to that, he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Louisiana from 2011-15.
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