Mel Tucker added another offensive assistant to his staff.

Wisconsin’s Ted Gilmore was announced on Friday as Michigan State’s new tight ends coach. He spent the last five seasons coaching Wisconsin’s wide receivers and last three also holding the title as pass game coordinator. Gilmore last stint coaching tight ends was at Kansas in 1999.

“Coach Gilmore is a great teacher and excellent motivator who brings high energy,” Tucker said in a university press release. “He’s a proven developer of players and a very effective recruiter. He’s a true difference maker.”

We are excited to announce that Ted Gilmore is joining @Coach_mtucker's offensive staff as a tight ends coach! Coach Gilmore has coached numerous NFL players, draft picks & All-Americans, and was named the 2011 WR Coach of the Year when he was at USC. Welcome Coach Gilmore! pic.twitter.com/lBy0p5Zo0w — Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) February 21, 2020

Michigan State made additional staff announcements on Friday with Geoff Martzen named director of player personnel, Cody Cox named director of football operations and former standout Spartan linebacker Darien Harris named director of player engagement.

Tucker, who was a defensive back at Wisconsin from 1990-94, was hired last week as Michigan State’s new head coach after spending last season at Colorado and replaced Mark Dantonio. His six-year contract includes a $6 million pool to spend on hiring his 10 on-field assistants.

The addition of Gilmore gives the Spartans seven assistant coaches officially in place. The program announced on Saturday that Mike Tressel and Ron Burton will remain with the team as carryovers from Dantonio’s staff. Burton will coach the defensive line while Tressel, who was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach last season, doesn’t have an announced role yet. Chris Kapilovic, who spent last season on Tucker’s staff at Colorado, was announced Monday as the Spartans’ new offensive line coach and run game coordinator. Courtney Hawkins, a former Spartan standout and Flint Beecher coach and athletic director, was named the new wide receivers coach on Wednesday night. That was followed by Thursday’s announcements that former Colorado assistant Jay Johnson will be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach while former Spartan All-American and assistant Harlon Barnett returned as the defensive backs coach.

Coach Gilmore is a true difference maker. 👊🏾

A proven leader, developer of players, impactful recruiter & high energy!

Welcome to the #Spartans family! #GoGreen #RELENTLESS https://t.co/gRevuXt202 — Mel Tucker (@Coach_mtucker) February 21, 2020

Gilmore, 52, has 25 years of coaching experience. He was a wide receiver at Butler Community College before moving on to Wyoming. He got his start coaching as a graduate assistant at Wyoming in 1994 before becoming the program’s wide receivers coach. Gilmore coached tight ends at Kansas in 1999 and then had stops coaching receivers at Houston, Purdue and Colorado before spending six years at Nebraska. He coached Cornhuskers’ receivers during that time and was also the recruiting coordinator for four seasons and the assistant head coach for three.

Gilmore spent the 2011 season at USC and was named FootballScoop Wide Receivers Coach of the Year. He made the jump to the NFL and coached receivers for the Raiders for three seasons before returning to college when Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst hired him in 2015.

Martzen was Tucker’s director of player personnel at Colorado last season. He previously had the same role at UCLA in 2018, at Colorado State from 2015-17 and at BYU from 2013-14.

“Geoff is an outstanding evaluator of talent and players,” Tucker said. “He’s a tireless worker and a competitor. He really understands the importance of recruiting and how it’s the lifeblood of the program.”

Cox was Michigan State’s director of executive football operations in 2019 after serving as the assistant director of football operations and camp coordinator the previous two years. He was a graduate assistant in football operations from 2014-16 for the Spartans, a student assistant coach from 2011-13 and a student assistant in the video room in 2010.

Harris was a two-year starter at linebacker for the Spartans who wrapped up his career as a captain on the 2015 team that won the Big Ten and reached the College Football Playoff. He had stints with the Cincinnati Bengals and in the CFL and served as an analyst on the Big Ten Network.

“Darien Harris is an outstanding role model for our current players,” Tucker said. “He was a captain on the Big Ten Championship and College Football Playoff team in 2015 and has demonstrated incredible leadership and mentoring skills. He’s a very good communicator and will be able to connect with our team. He recently completed his master’s degree and is ready to mentor our players during their time here on campus.”

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