STARKVILLE — Mike Leach’s staff is rounding into form.
After it was revealed last week Steve Spurrier Jr. would join Leach in Starkville, former Washington State coaches Dave Emerick and Tyson Brown were officially announced as staff additions by Mississippi State Thursday.
Emerick will serve as the senior associate athletics director for football following six years on Leach’s staff at Texas Tech and an eight year run at Washington State. He also oversaw recruiting efforts at Arizona during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Emerick is a 2002 graduate of Kentucky where he worked with the football program as an intern during his undergraduate years.
“Dave has been my chief of staff at both Washington State and Texas Tech for close to 15 years, and he is a vital member of our staff,” Leach said in a news release. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that is invaluable to our program.”
Brown joins the program as the new head strength and conditioning coach. Before MSU, he served as an intern strength and conditioning coach at Washington for two years ahead of a six-year stint at Washington State — the last two seasons of which he worked as the head strength and conditioning coach. Brown has also worked for South Florida, Baylor and the NFL’s Houston Texans.
“My family and I are so excited for the opportunity to join Coach Leach in Starkville,” he said in a news release. “We are going to implement a plan and work extremely hard this offseason. We can’t wait to get to work with these great young men for such a proud fan base in the best conference in college football.”
Ben Portnoy reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @bportnoy15.
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