eboozer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Staff complete. Anyone know anything about this guy? LSU have good ST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meddle Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Les Miles runs a good program, so I'd expect this guy to be solid. He's also been in the NFL before with the Broncos and Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Courtesy: LSUsports.net (@LSUsports) Release: 06/10/2013 Thomas McGaughey, who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants and then helped LSU to the BCS national title game in 2011, enters his third season as the Tigers’ special teams coordinator in 2013. McGaughey also assists John Chavis with the LSU defense. McGaughey's impact in his first two years with the Tigers has been significant as LSU ranked in the top 10 nationally in net punting in 2011 and 2012. LSU has scored six touchdowns on special teams under McGaughey. In 2012, LSU’s special teams featured second team All-SEC placekicker Drew Alleman, who connected on 21-of-29 field goals, along with punter Brad Wing, who earned second team All-America honors with a 44.8 average. LSU scored two special teams touchdowns – both on punt returns by Odell Beckham Jr. – and they ranked No. 8 in kickoff coverage defense at 18.1 yards and No. 11 in punt return defense at 3.5 yards. LSU ranked No. 8 nationally in net punting with a 40.7 average. In his first year at LSU, McGaughey and the Tigers consistently had one of the best all-around performances in special teams week after week in 2011. Wing, then a redshirt freshman, earned several first-team All-America honors after averaging 44.4 yards on 59 punts. Wing and the Tigers ranked fifth in the nation by allowing just 3.65 yards per punt return. The Tigers also led the SEC and ranked third in the country in net punting with a 41.15 average.Alleman, a first-time starter in 2011, converted on 16-of-18 field goals, including the game-winner in overtime against Alabama. LSU combined for three touchdown returns on special teams with Tyrann Mathieu accounting for two on punt returns and Morris Claiborne getting the other on a kickoff return. In all, LSU scored a total of four special teams touchdowns in 2011. McGaughey served as the assistant special teams coordinator with the New York Giants from 2007-10, during which time the franchise ranked among the most productive in the NFL. During his career, McGaughey has coached for eight years in the NFL, two years at the collegiate level and he spent one season in NFL-Europe. Most recently, McGaughey spent four years with the New York Giants, where he helped the franchise capture the Super Bowl in 2007 and win the NFC East crown in 2008. The Giants also had several individual special teams standouts during McGaughey’s four years with the franchise. In 2009, kicker Lawrence Tynes ranked fifth in the NFL with a career-best 126 points, while Domenik Hixon finished seventh in the league in punt returns with a 10.9 average. Hixon also set the Giants record with 1,291 kickoff return yards. During New York’s NFC East title season in 2008, the Giants had three special teams players - kicker John Carney, punter Jeff Feagles and long snapper Zak DeOssie – named to the NFC Pro Bowl team, while cover specialist Chase Blackburn was named a Pro Bowl alternate. Carney, who was signed just prior to the 2008 season, set a franchise record by connecting on 35-of-38 field goals for .921 percent. The 35 field goals tied the team mark, while the .921 percent stands at the franchise record. During the Giants’ Super Bowl season in 2007, the club excelled in special teams with Tynes connecting on 23-of-27 field goals, including the game-winner of 47-yards in an overtime victory over Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game. The Giants also ranked among the NFL leaders in kickoff returns with a 23.9-yard average and they rated fourth in the league in punt coverage, allowing only 173 yards for the entire season. McGaughey joined the Giants after two seasons as the Denver Broncos’ assistant special teams coach. In 2006, the Broncos held opposing punt returners to an average of 6.9 yards a return, the fifth-best figure in the NFL. The previous year, McGaughey worked with the Broncos special-teams that helped the club go 13-3 en route to capturing the AFC West title and advancing to the AFC Championship Game. McGaughey was the Kansas City Chiefs’ assistant special teams coach for the 2002 season. He broke into the NFL as a minority intern with the Chiefs during their 2001 training camp before working as a pro scouting assistant in an internship with the Houston Texans that year as the franchise prepared for its inaugural season. McGaughey spent two years (2003-04) working at his alma mater, the University of Houston, before joining the Broncos’ staff. He served as Houston’s special teams coordinator in 2003 and as special teams coordinator/cornerbacks coach in 2004. A safety in his playing days, McGaughey entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He competed in the training camps of the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles in 1996-97, respectively. He was on the Eagles’ practice squad late in the 1996 season and was a member of the Barcelona Dragons’ team that won NFL Europe’s World Bowl in 1997. McGaughey played for the Houston Cougars from 1991-95 and was special teams captain as a senior. He also lettered in track from 1991-93, competing in the 110-meter hurdles. McGaughey, 40, was born in Chicago and grew up in Houston. He and his wife, Erika, have three children. I also like the idea of going a little outside the box on this hire, if it even is that. Seems like a good, young hire for a franchise that could use some good young coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetNation Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 The New York Jets have filled their special teams coaching vacancy hiring former Louisiana State university assistant coach Thomas McGaughey: The Jets have named former LSU Assistant Thomas McGaughey their Special Teams Coordinator. — Eric Allen (@eallenjets) February 6, 2014 McGaughey takes the positions left by former special teams coach Ben Kotwica who made a lateral move accepting the same position with the Washington Redskins after one season with the Jets. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewillie78 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Great hire, and can give immediate insights on Beckham, Landry, Mettenberger, all 3 of whom should be on JETS radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 No complaints -- sounds like a guy who can be brought along and possibly grow within the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 LSU has had a solid special teams for as long as I can remember, but they've also had some of the best returners in recent history as well: Trindon Holliday, Peterson, Mathieu and most recently Beckham. I particularly don't think it really matters with how they're neutering kickoffs, but it would be nice for once to have a punt-returner that threatens teams. Plus, he'll have more insight into Beckham than anyone currently on the Jets' staff, which is one step closer to my homeristic dream coming true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77DRAFT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Solid hire, glad he wasn't on the skins radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Probably a good move by Kowitca. The 'skins specials were horrific. He can coach them up to adequate and be seen as a savior and a guru. This seems like a good hire, but in reality I know nothing about this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Beckham Jr. too please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Yes LSU has had a number of good returners-talented players. Last year was poor special teams wise except for Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 LSU special teams is always good, gadget and trick plays too. I like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Don't know much about him but I think I remember him in the Giants organization during at least one of their lucky Super Bowl runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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