Syracuse hiring new OL coach after assistant departs for SEC program, per reports
Syracuse will have a new offensive line coach in 2023.
According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, Mike Schmidt is leaving for Mississippi State and will be replaced by Steve Farmer, a former Texas Tech and Tulsa assistant.
Mississippi State is expected to hire Syracuse’s Mike Schmidt as offensive line coach, sources tell @on3sports.
Schmidt’s Syracuse offensive line group helped Sean Tucker rank No. 1 in the ACC in rushing in 2021 and second this season.https://t.co/KExR6Cs0z3
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 20, 2023
Syracuse is expected to hire former Texas Tech and Tulsa offensive line coach Steve Farmer, sources tell @on3sports.
Farmer spent 2022 at Tulsa after three seasons at Texas Tech. In his three years at Texas Tech, he produced six All-Big 12 selections.https://t.co/SbKNwzr6ah
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 20, 2023
Schmidt joined Dino Babers’ Syracuse staff in 2021. Ahead of the 2022 season, Schmidt added run game coordinator to his title with the Orange. The Orange have had an elite ground game running behind Schmidt’s linemen.
Schmidt will be reuniting with his former San Diego State colleague Zach Arnett, who is now the head coach at Mississippi State. Schmidt played at San Diego State from 2005-08 and then got into coaching as a graduate assistant in 2009, a position he held through 2011 before becoming offensive line coach in 2012. Arnett was a San Diego State GA from 2011-13 before moving up to linebackers coach in 2014 and becoming defensive coordinator in 2018. Arnett and Schmidt were both San Diego State assistants from 2011-19.
Farmer joins the Orange after a season at Tulsa. He was Texas Tech’s offensive line coach from 2019-21. Farmer coached 6 All-Big 12 linemen with the Red Raiders. Two of Farmer’s lines were among the top 30 in sacks allowed.
