LSU football and Brian Kelly made another addition to the Tigers’ coaching staff.
Antonio Parks will join the offensive staff as a wide receivers analyst, per a report from Wilson Alexander.
A Reserve, Louisiana native, Parks played safety under associate head coach and running backs coach Frank Wilson when he was the head coach at UTSA.
LSU was looking to add an analyst for wide receivers after Paul Turner left for Charlotte in January.
After leaving the Roadrunners, he took an offensive analyst position with Oregon in March 2023. He also spent time coaching the defensive backs with the Ducks, working with the position group he played.
Parks’ hiring is one of several staffing moves made by LSU this week. Earlier this week, LSU added another analyst to the offensive side of the ball, hiring former NFL quarterback and Oklahoma State quarterbacks coach Tim Rattay.
Rattay has a previous connection with Tigers’ offensive coordinator Joe Sloan after working with Sloan at Louisiana Tech.
LSU Football adds Louisiana native to coaching staff
Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers will reportedly add former Miami Hurricanes defensive coordinator Lance Guidry to the 2025 staff, 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported on Tuesday night.
The Louisiana native, and former McNeese State Cowboys standout, is set to join defensive coordinator Blake Baker’s group as a defensive analyst this season.
Guidry spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator on the Hurricanes’ squad prior to being let go by head coach Mario Cristobal this offseason.
“I want to first thank Coach Guidry for his contributions to the University of Miami,” Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said. “In a continuous effort to always improve all aspects of our program, I have decided to make a change on defense. We will move forward and make decisions that provide our players, staff and program the best opportunity to win and develop at the highest level.”
There was significant growth defensively by Miami during Guidry’s stint in Coral Gables after the Hurricanes improved from 376.5 yards and 26.8 points per game in 2022 prior to Guidry’s arrival to 321.6 yards and 22.8 points per contest in his first season at the helm of the defense.
