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Mike Leach fills coaching vacancy with reported hire of linebackers coach Roc Bellantoni

WSU hasn’t formally announced Bellantoni’s addition, but Chief of Staff Dave Emerick revealed the Cougars’ newest assistant Tuesday during the “Cougs in 60” radio show with Derek Deis.

After a flock of his assistants left for other programs last year, Mike Leach hasn’t spent nearly as much of the 2019 offseason restructuring his coaching staff at Washington State.

Inside linebackers coach Ken Wilson created the only vacancy, leaving for Oregon in January, and the Cougars have apparently already filled the position, hiring former University at Buffalo defensive ends coach Roc Bellantoni.

WSU hasn’t formally announced Bellantoni’s addition, but Chief of Staff Dave Emerick revealed the Cougars’ newest assistant Tuesday during the “Cougs in 60” radio show with Derek Deis.