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Jan 18, 2012 - The Purdue boilermakers will return one of the most experienced defenses in the Big Ten in 2012, and they will now have a new defensive coordinator to run the show. Tim Tibesar, formerly the defensive coordinator of the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League, will take over as defensive coordinator for Purdue according to SB Nation's Hammer & Rails:
Tibesar's specialty on defense is linebackers, and that is an area where we can use some work. Dwayne Beckford is enrolled and was coming on late last year, but honestly Gerald Gooden did a better job in one game of dropping back in pass coverage than Beckford. Beckford also has continuing legal issues to work through. Will Lucas is a tackling machine on the edge, while Joe Holland must be replaced.
Tibesar was a former special teams coach at Kansas State and was a solid Division II coordinator at North Dakota before heading north of the border. he served as linebackers coach for the Alouettes on consecutive Grey Cup winning teams in 2009 and 2010.
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