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Change in agents does not signal that Niumatalolo is looking to leave Navy

Some so-called national experts didn't know the complete story and jumped to conclusions when word filtered out last week that Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo had changed agents.

The Legacy Agency announced on Nov. 7 that it had signed Niumatalolo as a client. It was later reported that Thayer Evans recruited the ninth-year head coach to TLA Worldwide, where he will be represented by Lee Kaplan.

A reporter with SB Nation seized on the news as an indication Niumatalolo was looking to leave Navy.

Navy's Ken Niumatalolo just changed agents, another sign that he's closer to make a Paul Johnson-style jump to a Power 5 willing to use the triple option, Steven Godfrey wrote in a story posted to the SB Nation website on Nov.