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Coaching transition brings new recruiting process for MU football

Within days of Missouri hiring Eliah Drinkwitz, he was on the road recruiting.

Like every coaching change, there’s a transition. Drinkwitz’s staff needed to build quick relationships with recruits and their families before the second National Signing Day on Feb. 5, all while meeting the players already in the program.

“I don’t know if I’ve spent 48 hours, I know I haven’t spent 72 hours in CoMo at all because I’ve been on the road recruiting,” offensive line coach Marcus Johnson said.

Johnson admits that he hasn’t had many opportunities to develop deep relationships with the current roster.