D-Line Zou has got a new caretaker, but first-year Missouri defensive-line coach Brick Haley isn’t daunted by the recent track record of success he’s inherited.
Quite the contrary, he welcomes the challenge of maintaining the Tigers’ pipeline of NFL defensive linemen.
“As a defensive-line coach, to be able to come into a situation where the defensive line has been unbelievable for decades is a challenge that you welcome,” Haley said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a burden, but you feed to that fire and say, ‘Let me see if I can make it be even better. Let me see if I can take it to a different level than it’s been.