Baylor has hired 49ers assistant Jeff Nixon and Ole Miss wide receivers coach Matt Lubick to take over as co-offensive coordinators at Baylor. Lubick will also coach wide receivers at Baylor, and Nixon will coach running backs.

Former Oregon OC Matt Lubick joins 49ers assistant Jeff Nixon as Baylor Co-OCs. #SicEm https://t.co/QnfPTdg2oc — Craig Smoak (@CraigSmoak) January 2, 2017

Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports mentions this about Matt Lubick:

Even in a down year for Oregon, the Ducks still ranked No. 16 in total offense and No. 18 in yards per play in Lubick’s first season as OC, despite having an O-line with four freshmen starters and a true freshman quarterback. As Oregon’s OC and wide receivers coach, the 44-year-old Lubick helped the Ducks post school-records for passing yards (4,687), completions (326), and first downs passing (198), while recording a conference all-time best 44 touchdown catches in 2014. At Duke, Lubick was a finalist for AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year after guiding All-ACC wideouts Jamison Crowder and Conner Vernon to record-setting seasons. At ASU, Lubick practically signed an entire recruiting class by himself as the team’s recruiting coordinator.

Tim Watkins of Baylor Scout notes this on Jeff Nixon:

Nixon is a longtime NFL coach, and former teammate of Matt Rhule's at Penn State. He has 10-years of coaching experience in the NFL, most recently spending the last year with Chip Kelly in San Francisco as his tight ends coach. Before that, Nixon spent 5-years with the Miami Dolphins coaching running backs.

I’m a big fan of both hires. I agree with Colt Barber of Sicem365:

Matt Rhule has now hired two coaches to be his OCs at Baylor that know exactly what Chip Kelly wanted to do on offense. — Colt Barber (@Colt_Barber) January 2, 2017

With basketball ranked #2, and recruiting picking up for football, 2017 is off to a great start for Baylor.