Indiana Reportedly Hires Darren Hiller as New Offensive Line Coach

Image: SI.com

Image: SI.com

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers had a big hole to fill on the coaching staff when offensive line coach Greg Frey left Indiana to take a job at Michigan in late January. According to multiple reports, Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports had it first, the Hoosiers have hired Darren Hiller.

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Image: UHCougars.com

Hiller, a Freemont, Calfornia native, has 21 years of college coaching experience, mostly along the o-line, and had become the run-game coordinator and offensive line coach at Houston on Jan. 6th 2017. Before that Hiller was the co-offensive coordinator, run-game coordinator and offensive line coach at South Florida. USF offense ranked fourth nationally in scoring (43.8 points per game), fifth in rushing (285.31 yards per game) and 11th nationally in total offense (511.5 yards per game). Hiller worked with current Indiana head coach Tom Allen at Arkansas State (2011).