Lamar Hires LSU’s Davis As Successor

Lamar had been searching for quite some time for a replacement for long-time head coach Jim Gilligan, who’s retiring following the 2016 season, and it went outside the box in the hiring process with the addition of LSU assistant Will Davis.

The Cardinals are going to the opposite end of the spectrum from Gilligan, hoping to infuse some energy into a program that should be a consistent contender at the mid-major level. Gilligan, though, has had 38 great seasons with the Cardinals. He put the program on the national map and[…]