Tigers new offensive coordinator has a history of developing NFL quarterbacks

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesThe Tigers made the hiring of offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey official on Sunday. The former Michigan coordinator will replace Kirby Moore, who took the head coaching job at Washington State.

While Mizzou already has a strong run-game, Eli Drinkwitz brought in Lindsey to revamp the Tigers anemic passing attack. So when a first-round NFL Draft pick and MVP candidate sings his praises, you listen.

Last season, before Lindsey was hired at Michigan, his former UNC quarterback Drake Maye called up then head coach Sherrone Moore to tell him how much Lindsey meant to his development.

"[Drake said] that he felt that he progressed more in his career in…