Tom Allen tapped into his coaching past to hire his latest assistant.
IU announced Monday that Kane Wommack will join the Hoosiers' staff as a linebackers coach after a new NCAA rule went into effect this week, creating an extra on-field coaching position for teams across the country.
Wommack spent the past two seasons as South Alabama's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. William Inge, who has served the past five seasons as IU's linebackers coach, will become the team's special teams coordinator.
Allen previously worked with Wommack at Ole Miss, where the 30-year-old served as a graduate assistant in 2012 and 2013 when Allen was linebackers coach under defensive coordinator Dave Wommack, Kane's father.