By JOEL COLEMAN
sports@starkvilledailynews.com
A source confirmed to the Starkville Daily News on Wednesday that Mississippi State has hired former Iowa State cornerbacks coach Maurice Linguist to the Bulldog coaching staff.
Mississippi State hasn’t officially announced the hire.
Linguist takes over as a secondary coach for the Bulldogs following the departure of Deshea Townsend last month. Townsend left MSU to take an assistant coaching job with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.
Recent hire Terrell Buckley also coaches the MSU secondary. It is unknown which of the two coaches will coach the cornerbacks and which will guide the safeties.