By Harry Minium
At 39, Old Dominion University's Ricky Rahne is one of the nation's youngest major college head football coaches, and when he hired his staff, he also embraced a youth movement.
Rahne is the oldest on his staff. Running backs coach Tony Lucas, at 38, is the elder assistant coach. Special teams coordinator Kevin Smith and offensive line coach Kevin Reihner are just 27.
The average age of the assistant coaches is 31.4 years, and when the coronavirus is finally under control and the Monarchs take the field, ODU will do so with the youngest coaching staff of any of the nation's 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools.