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There is another opening on Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen’s coaching staff.
Mississippi State confirmed on Thursday that safeties coach Maurice Linguist has left the program to join the University of Minnesota. According to Linguist’s Twitter profile, he will coach the secondary for the Golden Gophers.
Linguist spent just one season in Starkville. Statistically, the lone year was a struggle for Linguist’s safeties and the MSU secondary as a whole. Mississippi State allowed the most passing yards of any team in the Southeastern Conference last season. The Bulldogs’ difficulty defending the pass played a large role in MSU finishing next to last in the league in points allowed per game.