While the face may be new to the Syracuse Orange sideline, (reported) new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Sterlin Gilbert is a familiar face to head coach Dino Babers and a familiar practitioner of the veer and shoot.
Gilbert started his offensive coordinator career under Babers at Eastern Illinois and subsequently followed him to Bowling Green. At Eastern Illinois, he was the position coach and coordinator for (current 49ers starting QB) Jimmy Garoppolo’s last two seasons. After following Babers to Bowling Green, he left with Philip Montgomery when Montgomery got the head coaching gig at Tulsa, then was poached by Charlie Strong at Texas, then South Florida.