Fresno State coach Jeff Tedford went far a field to find a defensive coordinator, on Wednesday hiring Orlondo Steinauer away from the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League.
Tedford was not available when the hire was approved by the human resources department late in the afternoon, but it is an interesting move. In Canada, the field is longer, wider and deeper in the end zones, teams get three downs to make a first down not four and they spell defense with a ‘c’ and not a ‘s,’ as in defence.
Steinauer was the Tiger Cats’ assistant head coach and defensive coordinator and after graduating from Western Washington played for 13 seasons in the CFL spent three years as the defensive backs coach at his alma mater before moving back to Canada.