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PRESENTS Staff Taking Shape BY GOLD AND BLACK STAFF Purdue's not yet Although assistantannouncemade an official ment of its coaching staff, five are already working for the Boilermakers and a sixth should be soon. Greg Hudson (defensive coordinator), Marcus Freeman (linebackers), Jon Heacock (secondary), Jafar Williams (running backs) and Kevin Sherman (wide receivers) are now employees of Purdue. A sixth, former longtime Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman, is slated to join Darrell Hazell's staff as the Boilermakers' offensive line coach. That means three coaches, including an offensive coordinator, still remain to be hired. Hudson comes to Purdue from Florida State, where he served as the assistant head coach and linebackers' coach for the last three seasons. The Seminoles finished second in the country this season in yardage al- Short will play in the Senior who has extensive NFL experience. He also worked a few sea- Bowl on Jan. 26 in Mobile, Ala. His sons under Dave Wannstedt at position coach will be Terrell Williams, his former Purdue coach. Pittsburgh. Marve, who is forgoing surfour Invited To gery on his injured left knee to Postseason Games pursue a professional playing caKawann Short, Robert Marve, reer, will play in the Raycom Colliams were part of Hazell's staff at Josh Johnson and Akeem Shav- lege Football All-Star Classic on Kent State. Heacock is a former ers will play in postseason all-star Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. head coach at Youngstown State, games. "If I get surgery, I'll be done," taking over there for Jim Tressel in 2001. He was also the defensive coordinator at Indiana from 1997-99. For Freeman and Williams, Kent State was their first notable Division I-A coaching experience. Sherman comes for Purdue from Virginia Tech, where he served the last seven seasons as the Hokies' wide receivers coach. Now, Hazell is seeking coaches to fill roles of offensive coordinator, quarterbacks, defensive line, tight ends and special teams. Position pairings are likely with only three full-time positions available. Purdue appeared to have another assistant lined up, but former FIU coach Mario Cristobal ended up at Miami, where he's the associate head coach and tight ends coach. Lauren Gustafson—Columbus, Ind. A potential candidate for OC General Health Sciences might be former Jets' quarter- Lauren is one of 20 members of the women's swimming and diving backs coach Matt Cavanaugh, team to earn academic All-Big Ten honors on the Fall 2012 semester. In all 51 Boilermaker fall 2012 athletes earned this distinction. FOOtball: news and notes Chip English Linebackers coach Marcus Freeman is one of five assistants now working at Purdue, although an official announcement has yet to come from the University. lowed, giving up only 254.1 yards per game. Hudson is also a former defensive coordinator at Minnesota and East Carolina. Freeman, Heacock and Wil- Link t purdu o 2012e's seaso statsn GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 17 • 23