Kyle Flood hinted yesterday that he had hired a new offensive line coach and today Football Scoop is reporting that it is former Delaware offensive line coach/run game coordinator Damian Wroblewski. Wroblewski had just joined the coaching staff at Ball State, but he will instead take Flood's old position.
Wroblewski, a Rhode Island native, has very strong ties to the northeast having played at Lafayette and coached at Bryant (RI), Penn, Stony Brook (NY), Hofstra and Delaware. (Interestingly enough, Kyle Flood also coached at the latter two.) According to his bio on Delaware's website, he has done a lot of recruiting in the state of Maryland, which is a key battleground in the northeast recruiting landscape.
Flood spoke very highly of his new hire, saying: "I'm not ready to announce who our offensive line coach is just yet. But I know who I want and he is excellent. I really believe he's the best offensive line coach in the country."
Wroblewski's offenses have consistently been amongst the best in the Atlantic 10, utilizing a zone blocking scheme like Flood has used over the years. He even produced a starting NFL offensive lineman while at Hofstra, Willie Colon of the Pittsburgh Steelers. His past experience and ties to the northeast make him a very good first addition to Flood's staff.
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