EUGENE, Ore. -- The Oregon coaches' offices on the fourth floor of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, the House that Nike Built, are laid out in the typical fashion of the football Taj Mahals. When you walk into the lobby, you go down one hallway for the offensive coaches' offices. You go down another hallway to find the defensive coaches.
Head coach Mark Helfrich is in an expansive, light-filled office at the end of the offensive hallway. Brady Hoke, the new defensive coordinator, is in the first office off the lobby on the opposite side. He is not in the big office at the end of his hallway.