The Minnesota Golden Gophers have added a new defensive assistant to their coaching staff.

On Tuesday, Masyn Wylliis, a former assistant at Eastern Michigan, announced that he has joined the Gophers’ staff as a defensive assistant and will be helping coach the safeties. Wylliis spent three years at Eastern Michigan, working his way up from a recruiting and operations intern to an offensive recruiting assistant before spending this past season as a defensive assistant with the defensive ends.

Before beginning his coaching career, Wylliis played safety at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan while also competing in track and field as a sprinter and thrower. He will join an on-field support staff that currently includes:

Offensive Analyst- Bill Legg
Defensive Analyst - Kody Schutzman
Offensive Quality Control - Brian Sheehan
Special Teams Quality Control - Ryan Smith
Assistant Defensive Line Coach - Malik Hollings
Assistant Offensive Line Coach - James Bain
Head Strength and Conditioning - Dan Nichol

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