Bucs Defensive Coordinator resigns

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Not surprised at this move my Mills.

CHARLESTON, S.C – CSU head football coach Jay Mills has announced changes to his staff off assistants, including the resignation of defensive coordinator Thielen Smith and re-assignments for assistants Patrick Nix, Chuck Kelly and Gabe Giardina. Mills announced the moves on Monday.

Smith departs the CSU football program after four seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Buccaneers. He made an immediate impact, as the Bucs finished with the league’s second-best pass defense and scoring defense in 2008. They also boasted the third-best total defense in the Big South, allowing 345.7 yards per game. CSU also boasted the best pass defense efficiency in 2009 with a rating of 112.9, as well as the Big South’s top-ranked pass defense with 159.4 passing yards allowed per game. Under Smith’s tutelage defensive back Charles James developed into one of the league’s premier corners, garnering numerous national honors as well as All-Conference honors in 2010 and 2011. Linebackers Chris Patrick (2010), Andrew McKain (2009) and Chris Kuzdale (2009,2011), as well as defensive lineman Joel Walton (2009, 2010) earned Big South honors during Smith’s time at CSU.

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