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Report: Syracuse football expected to hire Michael Johnson from FAU as WR coach

The Syracuse Orange revamped its football coaching staff after a 5-7 season in 2021. Four coaches left and three have joined. Now a fourth is reportedly joining to complete Syracuse’s coaching staff reconstruction. Former FAU coach Michael Johnson is expected to join the Orange as its wide receivers coach, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Sources: Syracuse is expected to hire Michael Johnson as the school’s next wide receivers coach. He’s the tight ends coach at FAU and has been both an NFL (San Francisco) and college (UCLA) offensive coordinator. Recently coached WRs at Oregon (17-18) and Mississippi State (19).