Jeff Tyson (JT)

And then a tight ends job opened up at Jacksonville State.

and Rich Rodriguez was the coach at the time, and so he hired Michael to be the tight ends coach, and when he left to go take on the West Virginia head coaching job, he took Michael with him, and they just wrapped up their first season, which was kind of rough, rebuilding a team where a lot of guys had transferred out of the portal, and now they're back to recruiting.

It's a crazy time now, getting guys to come back in across the country.

You know that, so Rich Rodriguez got Michael on staff again.

He did a great job with him, so

He loves West Virginia.

He loves those mountains up there, and him and Rich Rod have a special bond.

But, no, he's not –

He's not going to LSU with Lane Kiffin, no.

But he does still have a great relationship with Lane, that's for sure.

Absolutely.

And, and the bird, the, the, the mascot cocky, uh, I gotta tell you a funny story.

Um, what is it?

What's the, is it cocky?

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

That's right.

Well, Michael's son, Nicholas is, uh, he's, uh, you know, going to be four years old.

And, uh,

At the time, you know, he was three, and he spooked to death of mascots.