Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt is moving on from the football program.

According to mulitple sources, Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt will no longer coach at Oregon. The reasoning behind Leavitt's departure isn't known at this time, but sources said the Ducks have started a search for a new linebacker coach.

Oregon could not confirm or deny this report when reached for comment.

In conjunction with Leavitt's expected departure, Oregon is also expected to promote co-defensive coordinator Keith Heyward to become the school's new defensive coordinator. Heyward was hired as Oregon's safeties coach in January of 2017 and then after one season promoted as co-defensive coordinator under Mario Cristobal. He previously coached defensive backs at Louisville in 2016. Prior to Louisville, Heyward served as the defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator at USC from 2014 to 2015. Heyward also has stops coaching at Washington, Oregon State, and Cal Poly. He served as a linebacker coach at Coly Poly, his first full-time coaching job.

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Leavitt has coached the last two seasons at Oregon as the defensive coordinator and also the inside linebacker coach. He was hired by former head coach Willie Taggart ahead of the 2017 football season. Taggart left Oregon less than a year after being hired and tried to bring Leavitt with him to Florida State, but Leavitt interviewed for the head coaching job at Oregon. The Ducks interviewed Leavitt and current head coach and at the time offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal, and elected to hire Cristobal over Leavitt.

This offseason, Leavitt either interviewed or tried to get an interview for the head coach positions at Colorado, Kansas State, and Texas Tech. All three schools hired other coaches.

Leavitt was paid $1.7 million this past season, the first year of a new four-year contract he signed with Oregon after Taggart's departure.

Already this offseason, Mario Cristobal has had to hire a replacement for outside linebacker coach Cort Dennison who left the team for a job at Louisville. The Ducks hired Washington State's Ken Wilson to replace Dennison, and according to sources, the Ducks are now looking to hire a second linebacker coach to coach inside linebackers in 2019.

This story will be updated.