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Mizzou football loses offensive line coach Marcus Johnson to Purdue

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Eli Drinkwitz is officially in the market for a new offensive line coach. Marcus Johnson, a Mizzou assistant all three years under Drinkwitz, was named the new O-line coach at Purdue on Tuesday, the Big Ten school announced.

Johnson and new Purdue head coach Ryan Walters overlapped for the 2020 season on Drinkwitz’s staff when Walters served as defensive coordinator.

“It is exciting to be reunited with Marcus and bring him here to Purdue,” Walters said. “Marcus is a bulldog on the recruiting trail and commands attention as a coach.