Utah State football: Aggies' Andersen hires 2 Weber St. assistants

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 12:09 a.m. MST
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LOGAN — A pair of Weber State defensive assistants, Kevin Clune and Chad Kauha'aha'a, have been added to the Utah State football staff, new Aggies head coach Gary Andersen announced Monday in completing the defensive coaching staff.

Andersen also announced that Steve Mathis has been hired as USU's director of football operations.

The two new defensive assistants join new defensive coordinator Bill Busch as Andersen's three new hires, while John Rushing stays on as USU's cornerbacks coach.

Clune was Weber State's defensive coordinator and will be Utah State's linebackers coach, while Kauha'aha'a will be the Aggies' defensive line coach, the same position he held at Weber State.

Mathis, who worked with Andersen at Utah for the last four years as the Utes' defensive administrative assistant, will be the director of football operations, handling the program's daily operations as well as coordinating recruiting campus visits.

Clune and Kauha'aha'a come to Utah State after four years at Weber State, recently helping the Wildcats to a share of the Big Sky Conference title and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, where they lost at No. 5 Montana, 24-13, this past Saturday.

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Clune's defense was fourth in the Big Sky Conference and 76th in FCS in total defense (363.9 yards per game), as well as leading the Big Sky in pass defense (208.4 ypg), good for 69th in FCS. Weber State also led the league in pass efficiency defense (109.4), which ranks 17th in FCS. "I'm looking forward to the challenge of building on the success that Utah State has had and turning that program into one with continued success. I believe in Gary Andersen 110 percent and know that he will get that done."

Clune was Andersen's defensive coordinator at Southern Utah in 2003 and was at SUU through 2004 until joining the Weber State staff in 2005.

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