Report: A-State to hire Logan Kilgore as new tight ends coach

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas State football will have a new tight ends coach in 2023. FootballScoop was first to report Matt Limegrover has accepted another position as the offensive line coach at Kent State.

Butch Jones wasted no time in finding his replacement. FootballScoop also reported former A-State offensive assistant Logan Kilgore will rejoin the Red Wolves’ coaching staff.

Kilgore left A-State after the 2021 season to be the offensive coordinator at Isidore Newman High School in Louisiana.

He coached Texas commit Arch Manning, Peyton and Eli Manning’s nephew.

Limegrover spent just two seasons at A-State, joining Butch Jones’ staff as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator in 2021. The Red Wolves, with a new roster and young offensive line, rushed for just 2.8 yards per carry and under 82 yards per game. A-State was sacked 48 times, 28 of those the fault of the O-Line according to PFF. The analytics site graded the Red Wolves as the 6th-best pass-blocking team in the Sun Belt and 8th-best in the run block.

Under Limegrover, Andre Harris was named Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt in 2021. The left tackle played all 12 games, allowing just 3 sacks in 905 snaps. A-State’s passing attack threw for over 300 yards a game.

After 2021, Limegrover was shifted to tight ends coach while still holding the run game coordinator title. Sophomore Seydou Traore had a breakout campaign, going for 50 receptions, 655 receiving yards (top 3 among all tight ends in FBS) and 4 TDs, being named First Team All-Sun Belt in the process.

Limegrover has over 30 years of coaching experience, including stops at Penn State (OL Coach, Run Game Coordinator), Minnesota (Offensive Coordinator), Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Emporia State and Ferris State.

He’ll join a Kent State program that reportedly just hired David Duggan as its defensive coordinator.

Duggan held the same role A-State in 2019 and was fired midway through the 2020 season. He was the director of recruiting at Troy in 2021 and 2022.