Oregon Ducks football hires Carlos Locklyn as running backs coach

Oregon football coach Dan Lanning continues to round out his staff with another offensive coach.

The Ducks have hired Carlos Locklyn to be the team's running backs coach. Locklyn was previously Western Kentucky's running backs coach in 2021 as he helped the Hilltoppers rank second in the nation with 44.2 points per game.

"I am thrilled to have Carlos Locklyn join us here at Oregon," Lanning said in a statement. "He is a dynamic addition to our offensive staff, playing a big role in Western Kentucky's historically productive offense this past season. I was able to see Carlos' love and dedication to his players in my time together with him in Memphis.

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"Our running back room has a lot of talent, and I am really excited for our student-athletes to learn from a teacher of Coach Locklyn's caliber. He is going to develop some serious playmakers for the Ducks, but most importantly, some terrific young men."

Locklyn was Florida State's director of high school relations in 2020, the same role he served at Memphis in 2019 after beginning with the Tigers in 2017 as a weight room assistant and working in 2018 as an offensive analyst.

The Ducks hired Carlos Locklyn to be the team's  running backs coach.
The Ducks hired Carlos Locklyn to be the team's running backs coach.

Locklyn started his coaching career with eight years as a high school football coach in Tennessee, beginning in 2009 as offensive coordinator at Trezevant High School. He spent the next two seasons as both the offensive and defensive coordinator at Westwood High School before serving 2012-14 as offensive coordinator at Manassas High School and 2015-16 in the same role at Cordova High School.

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"I want to thank Coach Lanning for this tremendous opportunity," Locklyn said. "As long as you've got true passion, strong faith, a will to serve others and work hard, you can do anything you want in life. Know your passion. Dream it. Live it. Love it. Walk-on coach mentality."

Locklyn is the latest offensive coach to join Lanning's staff. That includes offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, associate head coach and offensive line coach Adrian Klemm, co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Junior Adams and tight ends coach Drew Mehringer.

Lanning has also hired co-defensive coordinator Matt Powledge, cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin, defensive line coach Tony Tuioti, and special teams coordinator and nickels coach Joe Lorig.

Contact Register-Guard sportswriter Antwan Staley at astaley@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @antwanstaley.

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