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Report: Ex-Rutgers OC being targeted to join Oregon staff
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A former Rutgers offensive coordinator is reportedly a strong candidate to land on the Oregon Staff. Yahoo’s Pete Thamel reported the news on Thursday.
Oregon head coach Dan Lanning is reportedly targeting Drew Mehringer to become the tight ends coach for the Ducks. He was previously the offensive coordinator at Rutgers, serving in that role under then-head coach Chris Ash in 2016.
Mehringer also had a stop at Ohio State as a graduate assistant from 2012-13.
Sources: Oregon is targeting Drew Mehringer as the school’s tight end coach. Mehringer is the former OC at Rutgers with stops at Texas, Houston, FAU and off-field at Ohio State. He spent last year coaching QBs at New Mexico. He won @Rivals National Recruiter of Year in 2019.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 30, 2021
Following his lone season with the Scarlet Knights, Mehringer moved to Texas, where he teamed up with former head coach Tom Herman. With the Longhorns, Mehringer was the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach from 2017-19.
Mehringer has also had stops at Rice, Iowa State, James Madison, Houston and Florida Atlantic.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB