It's been nearly a full month since Marcus Arroyo announced he'd be taking the head coaching job at UNLV. The move left Oregon without an offensive coordinator, although Arroyo did coach the Rose Bowl, for the future.

The wait is now officially over. On Tuesday, it was reported by Stadium's Brett McMurphy that former Mississippi State head coach Jim Moorhead would to replace Arroyo as the school's offensive coordinator.

The move, considered a triumph by many in the industry, comes just a few weeks following Moorhead's termination at Mississippi State after two seasons. The decision to part ways with Moorhead, was made by MSU days after they dropped their bowl game to Louisville in the Music City Bol by a 38-20 score.

During two seasons with the Bulldogs, Moorhead owned a 14-12 record and led the school to consecutive bowl appearances. They lost both bowls games however. He was just 7-9 in SEC play in two years.

Moorhead has spent the majority of his career as an offensive assistant coach. A quarterback at Fordham in the mid-1990s, the 46-year old had various stints as an assistant at Georgetown (2000-03), Akron (2004-08) and Connecticut (2009-11) before earning his first head coaching gig at his alma mater in 2012. He led Fordahm to a 38-13 record in four seasons.

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He then left for Penn State where he led the Nittany Lion offense. He produced an explosive offense in two years there. Led by All-American running back Saquan Barkley, the Nittany Lions improved their offensive output in a major way during Moorhead's time there. They'd averaged 348.4 yards per game in the year before he arrived, and gained 432.6 yards in his first year and 460.3 in his second year. The scoring numbers also went up, as PSU had averaged 23.2 points per game in 2015 followed by 37.6 in 2016 and 41.1 in 2017. The 41.1 points per game in 2017 ranked sixth nationally.

At the conclusion of the 2017 season, Moorhead took the job in Starkville. Moorhead's teams at Mississippi State were not quite as potent as his teams at Penn State. They scored just 28.5 points per game in 2018, and 27.6 points per game in 2019.

Moorhead arrives in Eugene looking to again elevate one of the nation's premiere offenses. The Ducks are coming off a 12-win season that culminated with a Rose Bowl victory. But Oregon does lose star quarterback Justin Herbert and four of five offensive line starters.