Washington State will welcome a new defensive coordinator in 2018, following the departure of former coordinator Alex Grinch.
Tracy Claeys joins Mike Leach’s staff from Minnesota, where he spent five years on the coaching staff, first as a defensive coordinator and eventually as a head coach in 2016.
710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock Huard got to know Claeys while covering a handful Minnesota games and believes the former Golden Gophers coach could be a good fit for Mike Leach’s culture.
“He was always one of those guys who I sat with during our meetings and I really enjoyed,” Huard said during his Blue 42 segment of Brock and Salk.