EUGENE, Ore. – Willie Taggart announced the addition of Joe Salave'a as assistant head coach and defensive line coach on Thursday.
Salave'a comes to Oregon after spending the previous five seasons at Washington State, working the first three as defensive line coach before adding assistant head coach to his title prior to the 2015 season. His unit showed vast improvement in each of his five seasons in both pass rush and rush defense, finishing the 2016 season 29th in the country in run defense (134.23 ypg). Over the last two seasons, three of the Cougars' defensive linemen earned second-team All-Pac-12 Conference recognition under Salave'a.