Texas A&M announces offensive line coach B.J. Anderson has been let go and won’t coach in Liberty Bowl. Oline didn’t live up to expectations
— Kate Hairopoulos (@khairopoulos) December 18, 2014
Well, wait a minute. No, it was Anderson’s decision to leave a job that paid him $334,000 a year.
Actually, in last minute, A&M sends out release that Anderson is leaving Aggieland. Three-year assistant at A&M and was with Sumlin at UH.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) December 18, 2014
Semantics aside, the slide of Anderson’s offensive line typified the fate of the overall club under head coach Kevin Sumlin. Led by an offensive line featuring future first-round picks (and Mike Sherman recruits) Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews, the Aggies started 11-2 in Sumlin’s first year, then slid to 9-4 without Joeckel, and then to 7-5 this season without Matthews, with offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi turning in an underperforming season.
Anderson spent six seasons working for Sumlin, three in College Station and three at Houston. Prior to that he coached the offensive line at Sam Houston State and Tarleton State, served as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M and coached at Stephen F. Austin prior to that.
Kansas feels like a natural landing spot for Anderson, considering the Jayhawks just hired another former Aggie assistant in David Beaty.
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