Three blocks separated the head coaching careers of Brad Salem and Kalen DeBoer.That’s how far Augustana University and the University of Sioux Falls are from one another, though Salem and DeBoer never faced each other while they were in charge of their respective alma maters’ football programs from 2005-09.
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After taking a lot of blame after another bumbling offensive showing in the opener, new Michigan State offensive coordinator Brad Salem didn’t take the credit on Wednesday. The No. 18 Spartans ran roughshod on Western Michigan on Saturday, scoring six touchdowns and gaining 582 yards of total offense in a 51-17 victory, the most yards gained by MSU since 2014.
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Brad Salem fielded one question after another about another anemic performance by Michigan State’s offense on Tuesday night, and his answers echoed what coach Mark Dantonio had said earlier in the day. “You can’t panic,” said Salem, the first-year MSU coordinator.
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The last time Brad Salem was coaching running backs, a guy named Le’Veon Bell was rushing for 1,793 yards and blazing a path to NFL stardom. After six seasons as Michigan State’s quarterbacks coach, Salem is now back leading the running backs as part of the staff shuffling that also saw Salem become the Spartans’ offensive coordinator. This time around, the odds of another Bell having a breakout season are long, but that doesn’t keep Salem from a little wishful thinking.
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Brian Lewerke was coy when the question was posed to him Thursday. How will Michigan State football’s offense look under new coordinator Brad Salem? “I can’t go into too much specifics about it, but obviously it’s a little more up-tempo,” the senior quarterback conceded Thursday. “I mean, you guys got to see a taste of it in the spring game, so a little bit of that feel.”
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As Brad Salem walks into a meeting room at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building, he’s exactly where he’s supposed to be. It’s late May, but Michigan State’s offensive coordinator is busy, taking advantage of a break from recruiting to pore over some game film, working on breathing some life into a Spartans offense that has had little the last couple of seasons. He’s a football coach, and there’s really nothing else he was ever going to be.
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Brad Salem got a promotion, and along with it, he’s getting a pretty good bump in his paycheck. After coaching quarterbacks for the past six seasons, the Michigan State assistant was promoted to offensive coordinator in January by head coach Mark Dantonio, who shuffled his staff in an effort to breathe some life into an offense that ranked as one of the worst in the nation.
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Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Mike Tressel and offensive coordinator/running backs coach Brad Salem met with the media following Tuesday’s practice to talk about how the Spartans have looked so far this spring.
It might not have been the name Michigan State fans were hoping for, but in promoting quarterbacks coach Brad Salem to offensive coordinator, Mark Dantonio turned to a coach who’s got a track record of not only running an offense but developing players.
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Dantonio announced on Thursday a restructuring of the offensive staff, moving quarterbacks coach Brad Salem to sole offensive coordinator while co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner will become the quarterbacks coach. Jim Bollman will take over the offensive line duties while current offensive line coach Mark Staten, also the associate head coach, will take over tight ends and continue as the recruiting coordinator.
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Mark Dantonio Announces Football Staff Shakeup The Only Colors
After a disappointing football season that saw MSU finish 7-6 with the worst offense of the Mark Dantonio era, fans were clamoring for a change to the offensive staff. They got it…sort of…but not really. On Thursday Dantonio announced that the current staff would remain intact, but with changes to what each coach would be handling.
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State football’s offensive coaching staff shakeup Lansing State Journal
With his program on the line, Dantonio banks on his guys, in different roles
Dantonio has to let Brad Salem loose and hope he’s the answer
Jim Bollman did this role well at Ohio State
Mark Dantonio restructures staff, names Brad Salem offensive coordinator mlive.com
After a season in which Michigan State’s offense ranked among the worst in the nation, coach Mark Dantonio decided to make changes. Dantonio announced a restructuring of his entire offensive staff Thursday night. It was the biggest shakeup of his 12-season tenure at Michigan State but a reshuffling of personnel already with the program instead of an infusion of new staff members.
Mark Dantonio shuffles staff, names new offensive coordinator Detroit Free Press
Michigan State football’s offensive staff is undergoing a major restructuring for 2019. But no coaches are leaving the Spartans. Mark Dantonio said Thursday that Brad Salem will take over as Michigan State’s offensive coordinator. Dave Warner and Jim Bollman, who previously shared the role, were reassigned to position coaches. “This is probably the most significant change we have had in my 12 years here,” Dantonio said. “But it is warranted.”
Dantonio demotes OC Dave Warner, shuffles MSU’s offensive staff Spartan Tailgate
Michigan State’s offense will be under new management in 2019. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio announced Thursday a series of coaching staff changes on that side of the ball. Dave Warner has been stripped of his play-calling duties, and former quarterbacks coach Brad Salem has been installed as offensive coordinator and running backs coach. Warner will return to coaching quarterbacks, which he did at MSU from 2007-12.
Brad Salem might be the most under-the-radar assistant coach on Mark Dantonio’s staff. He’s been a key leader within the Spartan football program for nine seasons. Perhaps its time for him to no longer be an under-the-radar member of the program.
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Michigan State assistant coaches Mike Tressel and Brad Salem spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon, to review No. 21 MSU’s win over Maryland last week on the Spartans’ Senior Day and preview this Saturday’s game at Rutgers.
Michigan State assistant coaches Brad Salem and Mark Snyder spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon, to review No. 22 MSU’s loss at No. 11 Ohio State last week and preview Saturday’s game versus Maryland for the Spartans’ Senior Day.
LSJ columnist Graham Couch talks with Spartans quarterbacks coach Brad Salem about all things Brian Lewerke
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Michigan State assistant coaches Mark Snyder and Brad Salem spoke to the media Wednesday afternoon, to review the Spartans’ loss to Notre Dame and preview this week’s Big Ten opener against Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. in Spartan Stadium.
The Michigan State football team practiced for two hours in shells on Thursday in preparation for the team’s second scrimmage of preseason camp on Friday. Following the team’s 16th practice of preseason camp, several assistant coaches and players met with the media to give an update on the team.
There are few sure things for Michigan State as it prepares to kick off the 2017 season in a few weeks, but one should be at quarterback. Well, at least it appears sophomore Brian Lewerke being the starter is a sure thing. After that, it looks like it’s a full-blown competition to be the No. 2. “I still don’t have the answer who exactly is the backup,” quarterbacks coach Brad Salem said on Monday.
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