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Mike Schmidt Leaves For Mississippi State, Syracuse Hires Steve Farmer as Replacement

The Orange has more coaching attrition this offseason.
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Mike Schmidt Leaves For Mississippi State, Syracuse Hires Steve Farmer as Replacement
Mike Schmidt Leaves For Mississippi State, Syracuse Hires Steve Farmer as Replacement

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Syracuse football has lost another assistant coach this offseason. Offensive line coach Mike Schmidt has reportedly taken the same position at Mississippi State. The Orange, however, has hired his replacement in former Texas Tech and Tulsa offensive line coach Steve Farmer. Farmer was at Tulsa this past season and was with Texas Tech the three years prior. During that timeframe, Tech produced six All-Big 12 offensive linemen. During his first two years with the Red Raiders, Texas Tech ranked in the top 30 nationally in fewest sacks allowed.

Farmer has 23 years of collegiate coaching experience including nine as an offensive coordinator. Before Texas Tech, Farmer coached at Utah State. During three years there, nine offensive linemen earned All-Mountain West honors. Prior to Utah State, Farmer spent six seasons as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe.

Farmer has also coached at the FCS level at Illinois State and Eastern Illinois. He graduated from Illinois State in 1998 where he was an all-conference performer at center in 1998. He transferred to Illinois State after two seasons at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. He was a two year letterwinner there.

The change is the latest coaching change on the staff this offseason, as Syracuse has lost Tony White, Nick Monroe, Robert Anae and potentially Chip West. The Orange has hired Rocky Long as defensive coordinator and now reportedly Steve Farmer as offensive line coach. That means there are still two positions open on staff. 

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Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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