Q & A with defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix
Some things in 's second year as Middle Tennessee's sole defensive coordinator are a little different than they were in his first.
Nix, who served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for his first three seasons at MTSU, enters this year without Tennessee Titans draftee and 2015 team captain and leading tackler , among other graduates. Nix is also coaching his son, Ty, a defensive tackle, for the first time this season.
A former Southern Miss linebacker and USM graduate, Nix spent the 2005 season on the same staff as MTSU head coach at the University of South Carolina.