Butch Jones went to work bolstering his recruiting department shortly after Arkansas State University named him head football coach in December.
His first three hires were familiar faces.
Jones brought in Matt Wilson, a member of his staff at Tennessee, to serve as director of player personnel after three seasons in a similar role at Mississippi State. Wide receivers coach Derrick Lett, another former Tennessee assistant, came from Yale, where he spent two seasons as the Bulldogs' recruiting coordinator. In Jon Shalala, once a defensive graduate assistant with the Volunteers, Jones added a linebackers coach he called a "tireless recruiter.