Arkansas State Coaching Staff

Hugh Freeze is the new head football coach at Arkansas State. Freeze was the team's offensive coordinator in 2010 after two years as head coach at Lambuth College, where he had a record of 20-5. Freeze has also been an assistant coach at Ole Miss in addition to a successful career as a high school coach. The coaching tree has projected possible candidates to fill the Red Wolves' coaching staff:

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QUARTERBACK COACH

Alan Hensell is in his first year as a quality control assistant at Tennessee after three seasons at Ole Miss. Hensell was a college quarterback at Franklin College. Mike Clark is a graduate assistant at Texas, where he is in his fourth season. Clark was a quarterback at Arkansas State from 2000-03.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Alan Hensell: GA at Ole Miss in 2007-08. Hugh Freeze was the WR coach at Ole Miss in 2007.
• Mike Clark: Played QB at ASU from 2000-03.
  
  

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RUNNING BACKS COACH

David Gunn is the RB coach at Arkansas State, where he has been since 2002.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• David Gunn: Coached running backs at Arkansas State from 2002-present.
  
  

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WIDE RECEIVERS COACH

Thomas Woods is currently the WR coach at Tulane, where he is in his fourth season. Woods has also coached at Jacksonville State, Ole Miss, Western Carolina, and Appalachian State. Tyler Siskey is the current WR coach at Arkansas State, a position he has held since 2008.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Thomas Woods: WR coach at Ole Miss from 2000-05. Hugh Freeze was the director of football operations at Ole Miss in 2005.
• Tyler Siskey: WR coach at Arkansas State from 2008-present. Was also a graduate assistant at ASU in 2002 and '03.
  
  

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TIGHT ENDS COACH

Maurice Harris is the tight ends coach at Arkansas State, where he has been since 2008. Prior to joining the Red Wolves, Harris was the offensive coordinator at Alabama State in 2007.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Maurice Harris: TE coach at Arkansas State from 2008-present. He was the assistant director of football operations at Ole Miss in 2006, when Hugh Freeze coached the Rebel's tight ends. Harris played at Arkansas State from 1993-96.
  
  

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OFFENSIVE LINE COACH

Darren Hiller is the OL coach at Arkansas State, where he has been since 2002. Hiller, along with other offensive assistants, seems to have a good shot at being retained by Hugh Freeze due to the success of the offense in 2010.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Darren Hiller: OL coach at Arkansas State from 2002-present.
  
  

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DEFENSIVE LINE COACH

Steve Caldwell is the defensive ends coach at Arkansas, where he is in his first season. Caldwell coached defensive ends at Tennessee from 1995-2008. Ryan Nielsen is the defensive line and special teams coach at Tennessee-Martin, where he is in his first season after two years as defensive coordinator at Central Connecticut State.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Steve Caldwell: Coached linebackers at Arkansas State from 1985-89. Was a graduate assistant with the Red Wolves from 1978-80 after playing defensive line for the team from 1974-77.
• Ryan Nielsen: Defensive line coach at Ole Miss from 2005-2007. Hugh Freeze was at Ole Miss at the same time.
  
  

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LINEBACKERS COACH

David Corrao is a defensive quality control coach with the Miami Dolphins, where he is in his third season. Kenny Ingram was most recently the defensive coordinator at Memphis in 2009 after three seasons as the team's LB coach.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• David Corrao: LB coach at Ole Miss in 2007, when Hugh Freeze was the team's WR coach. Was a graduate assistant at Ole Miss in 2005 and '06.
• Kenny Ingram: Played at Arkansas State from 1988-92.
  
  

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DEFENSIVE BACKS COACH

Tony Gilbert is the cornerbacks coach at Arkansas State, a position he has held since 2002. Charles Clark is in his first year as safeties coach at San Jose State after a year as a graduate assistant at Duke. Tony Hughes coaches the safeties at Mississippi State, where he has been since 2009.

COACHING TREE CONNECTIONS:

• Tony Gilbert: CB coach at Arkansas State from 2002-present.
• Charles Clark: Played defensive back at Ole Miss from 2002-06. Hugh Freeze was at Ole Miss from 2005-07.
• Tony Hughes: Coached tight ends at Ole Miss in 2007, when Freeze coached receivers and. Was the DB coach at Ole Miss in 2005 and '06.