The Ducks are set to hire a linebackers coach from another Pac-12 program. On Tuesday, the Ducks closed their opening linebacker job, hiring current Washington State linebacker coach Ken Wilson. The news was first reported by the Athletic's Bruce Feldman.

In a tweet posted on Tuesday night, Wilson said:

I would like to take a moment to thank Coach Mike Leach, Bill Moos, and Pat Chun for extending me the incredible opportunity to coach at Washington State University. I am truly grateful to have worked with our administration, football staff, fans and all the support staff at WSU. Thank you especially to our great student-athletes past and present that I had the chance to work with in my time with the Cougs. Your hard work and dedication to building this program has been exceptional. I am honored to have been a small part of the build. I look forward to watching your success in the future. Washington State University is in great hands with this staff in place. My family and I will always have a special place in our hearts for all the great times we have had in Pullman. #GoCougs

Oregon has had a vacancy since early January with former linebackers coach Cort Dennison taking a job at Louisville as co-defensive coordinator.

If the Ducks do hire Wilson, it would be the third coach on the staff to come from Washington state, joining defensive line coach Joe Salave'a who came to the Ducks in 2017 and running backs coach Jim Mastro who came to the Ducks in 2018. This would be the fourth offseason in a row where Oregon hired an assistant from Mike Leach at Washington State with Oregon hiring David Yost in 2016 as quarterbacks coach. Yost was only with the Ducks for one season.

Wilson formerly worked with Jim Mastro at Nevada before both coaches ended up at Washington State. Wilson joined the Cougars in 2013 after 19 seasons on the Nevada coaching staff, serving his last five seasons as the Wolfpack's associate head coach/linebackers coach.

According to his bio on Washington State's website, "Wilson has seen 16 of his former players sign professional contracts including six linebackers who were under NFL contract in 2012. Wilson mentored first team All-WAC selection Dontay Moch, who was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 66th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. He put another defensive end into the NFL after the 2011 season as Kaelin Burnett signed with the Oakland Raiders."

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