Ed Orgeron, regarded as one of football's premier defensive line coaches, joined the USC staff in January of 1998 as the defensive line coach. Orgeron (pronounced OR-jer-o), 36, was Syracuseis defensive line coach the last 3 seasons (1995-97) and the Orangemen played in a bowl game each year. He came to Syracuse from Nicholls State, where he was the linebackers coach in 1994. Before that, he was the defensive line coach at Miami for 4 seasons (1989-92), where he coached 8 All-Americans, including NFL first rounders Cortez Kennedy, Russell Maryland and Warren Sapp. In 1988, he was a graduate assistant at Miami, working with the defensive line. During his tenure, the Hurricanes won the national championship twice (1989 and 1991), finished second in the AP poll once (1988) and third twice (1990 and 1992) while appearing in 5 New Yearis Day bowls. Orgeron also was a graduate assistant at Northwestern (La.) State, his alma mater, in 1984 and McNeese State in 1985, working with the defensive line at both schools, then was an assistant strength coach at Arkansas for 2 years (1986-87). He worked in private business in 1993. He was a 4-year starting defensive lineman at Northwestern State, captaining the Demons as a senior. He received his bacheloris degree in liberal arts from Northwestern State in 1984. He starred in football, basketball and track at South Lafourche High in Galliano, La. Born July 27, 1961, he and his wife, Kelly, have a son, Tyler, 6, and newborn twins.
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