Sources: Petrino signs up with Aggies as OC, will call plays

Jimbo Fisher is generating previous Arkansas and Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino, among the most reputable offending minds in football, to be Texas A&M’s offensive organizer, sources told ESPN.Fisher has always

called his own plays on offense and is among the reducing variety of head coaches to do so, and although he will still be heavily involved in the Aggies ‘offense, sources informed ESPN that Petrino will take control of main playcalling duties.Fisher just completed his fifth season at Texas A&M, a season that saw the Aggies go 5-7 and miss a championship game for the first time because 2008. Petrino was most just recently at UNLV, for less than a month, after accepting the offensive planner

job under brand-new head coach Barry Odom on Dec. 15. Petrino spent the previous 3 seasons as Missouri State’s head coach and assisted the Bears to FCS playoff appearances in two of his three seasons. At the time of Petrino’s arrival, Missouri State had gone thirty years without a playoff appearance.Fisher stated following the Aggies ‘frustrating 2022 season, which was marred by injuries and off-the-field problems, that he was open to giving up

playcalling responsibilities and employing an accomplished offending organizer to come in and call plays, which would maximize Fisher to be more involved in all aspects of the program. Fisher and Petrino had speak about the Texas A&M offensive organizer position in early December, however nothing emerged. Petrino then took the UNLV task later on in the month after Odom was worked with.2 Associated Petrino told Odom on Wednesday that he was leaving for Texas A&M, according to sources, and a main statement by Texas A&M is expected

soon.It’s not unusual

for Fisher to take his time and wait up until January to make a coordinator hire. He employed his last 2 protective organizers (D.J. Durkin and Mike Elko)after the New

Year. For this task, Fisher also talked to TCU offending planner Garrett Riley, to name a few, sources informed ESPN.Petrino, 61, has comprehensive head-coaching experience and has found success at all of his college stops. He coached a Heisman Prize winner in Lamar Jackson at Louisville, elevated Arkansas and Louisville to nationwide significance for the very first time in years and has actually won 65.8%of his games as a college head coach.But he’s likewise satisfied debate along the way, most notably at Arkansas, where he was fired in April 2012 after school authorities stated he lied about a bike mishap while riding with a female football staffer whom Petrino had worked with and with whom he was having an affair. The Hogs won 11 games the previous season, including a Cotton Bowl victory, and finished No. 5 in the last AP poll. They won 10 games in 2010 and played in the Sugar Bowl.”Sadly, I will always get to bring that with me, how it ended there, “Petrino informed ESPN last summertime.”I hurt a great deal of individuals and let a lot of individuals down.”Petrino’s SEC experience was particularly appealing

to Fisher, whose Aggies dropped to 101st nationally and next-to-last in the league in scoring offense last season(22.8 points per game). At Arkansas, Petrino’s offenses ranked second in the SEC in scoring in 2010 (36.5 points per game)and initially in 2011 (36.8 points per game) at a time when defense ruled the SEC. In 2011, 7 of the leading 30 scoring defenses nationally belonged to SEC teams. Like Fisher, Petrino has likewise called his own plays as a head coach.He also coached the Atlanta Falcons for part of the 2007 season before leaving to take the Arkansas job with three games staying in the season. The Falcons were 3-10 at the time of Petrino’s abrupt departure. Overall, counting a number of promos, this will be Petrino’s 19th

various training job.Petrino acquires a Texas A&M offense that scored more than 24 points only two times last season against FBS competition. Conner Weigman returns at quarterback after starting the last 3 games in 2022 as a true freshman. Receiver Evan Stewart, also a real freshman, returns after leading the team in receiving. The Aggies also intend to get back a number of offending linemen who suffered season-ending injuries in 2022.