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MU promotes Ofodile to new 10th assistant position

A.J. Ofodile

Mizzou Athletics

Just days after hiring Derek Dooley to become the Tigers' next offensive coordinator, Missouri football coach Barry Odom made another addition to his staff Monday, naming director of recruiting A.J. Ofodile as the program’s 10th full-time assistant coach.

Ofodile, a letter-winner at tight end for the Tigers from 1991-93, has played a key role in the first two recruiting classes brought into Columbia since Odom’s hiring in 2015. With Ofodile at the helm, Odom’s classes have yielded strong results, with young players such as Trystan Castillo, Tre'Vour Simms and Larry Rountree III among those emerging into big roles.