Navy football will have almost an entirely new defensive staff in 2019 after head coach Ken Niumatalolo fired four assistants this week.
Outside linebackers coach Napoleon Sykes confirmed to The Capital on Thursday that he was let go on Wednesday. Sources told the newspaper that defensive ends coach Tony Grantham, safeties coach Dan O’Brien and cornerbacks coach Robert Green were also dismissed.
Those firings come on the heels of Saturday’s announcement that defensive coordinator Dale Pehrson was retiring after 23 seasons at Navy. Also, Utah announced last week that it had hired defensive line coach Sione Po’uha away from Navy.