Brady Hoke

More than two months after leaving Oregon, Brady Hoke has reportedly landed a new job at Tennessee.

(Andy Nelson/The Associated Press/Register-Guard)

Brady Hoke has reportedly become the latest former Oregon Ducks assistant from the fired 2016 staff to land on his feet, with multiple reports saying he is expected to become Tennessee's defensive line coach.

While it was known since Friday that Hoke and Tennessee had been in discussions,

aid the deal had been finalized.

For Hoke, his reported role at UT is a return to his specialty of the defensive line, which he had coached at Oregon State and Michigan before becoming a head coach at Ball State, San Diego State and Michigan later in his career. Hoke had never served as a coordinator at the college level prior to joining Mark Helfrich's staff in January 2016, and attrition, inexperience and poor performances led UO to allow a school-record 41.4 points per game during a 4-8 season last fall.

Hoke and the rest of UO's staff was let go in November upon UO's firing of Helfrich. Now, more than two months later, he's found a home in the SEC, a conference Hoke has yet to coach in.

Hoke is still being paid by Oregon for a contract that was intended to run through 2019, though his salary at Tennessee will help mitigate what UO owes.

Hoke is the the latest assistant from UO's 2016 staff to find jobs elsewhere this offseason. Offensive line coach Steve Greatwood is coaching the same position at Cal; receivers coach and offensive coordinator Matt Lubick is now the

, by way of Ole Miss; and quarterbacks coach David Yost

.

-- Andrew Greif

agreif@oregonian.com