Kragthorpe Is New LSU Offensive Coodrinator

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person familiar with the hiring says former Louisville and Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe will be named the offensive coordinator at LSU.

LSU head coach Les Miles is on a recruiting trip and is expected to make Kragthorpe's appointment official soon, the person told The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not been made.

Kragthorpe will fill the post vacated by Gary Crowton, who after four seasons at LSU has taken a similar position on Randy Edsall's first-year staff at Maryland.

Kragthorpe, who coached at Louisville from 2007-09, will guide an LSU offense that ranked fourth in the 12-team Southeastern Conference in rushing and last in passing in 2010.