Oregon State is expected to add former Beavers linebacker Trent Bray to its football coaching staff, a source confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Multiple publications also reported on Tuesday that Bray would join the OSU staff, although the defensive coach's specific duties remain unclear.

Bray spent the past three seasons at Nebraska as linebackers coach under Mike Riley and served as the interim coach after the school fired Riley on Nov. 25. Nebraska hired Scott Frost on Saturday and Bray is no longer listed on the school's coaching roster.

Like head coach Jonathan Smith, Bray built a resume as one of the best players in OSU history. He ranks sixth in school history with 337 career tackles during his career from 2002-2005. Smith was a graduate assistant with Oregon State from 2002-03.

Bray, 35, coached linebackers at Oregon State under Riley from 2012-14. He previously served as a graduate assistant at Arizona State under Dennis Erickson in 2009 and was promoted to linebackers coach from 2010-11

Bray made $400,000 last season at Nebraska and had been set to make $425,000 in 2018, according to The Omaha World-Herald, increases from the $250,000 he earned in 2015 and $325,000 in 2016.

-- Danny Moran