Mario Cristobal

The Oregon Ducks made their hire of Mario Cristobal official Tuesday, adding the former Alabama assistant and highly-valued recruiter as offensive coordinator and run-game coordinator.

This will be Cristobal's first time serving as a coordinator in his career. Cristobal has primarily served as an offensive line and tight ends coach at stops at Miami, his alma mater, and Rutgers before taking over the Florida International program from 2007-12. At Oregon he will also coach the offensive line.

Cristobal has signed a three-year contract worth $700,000 annually, according to terms of his agreement released via a public records request.

Cristobal has been ranked as one of the country's best recruiters throughout his career, with 247Sports calling him the nation's best in 2015, and second-best in the current 2017 recruiting class. Ryan Kelly, one of Cristobal's offensive linemen with the Crimson Tide, became a first-round NFL draft pick in 2015. Another Alabama lineman, Cam Robinson, won the Outland Trophy.

UO coach Willie Taggart has said he will call offensive plays for the Ducks in 2017, just as he did at South Florida from 2015-16, too, when the Bulls' "Gulf Coast Offense" became one of the most productive in the country.

-- Andrew Greif

agreif@oregonian.com

@andrewgreif