Montgomery caps off staff with ILB hire

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East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery put the finishing touch on his inaugural full-time staff on Monday with the hiring of Vanderbilt graduate assistant Ryan Anderson as inside linebackers coach.

Anderson brings three years of experience in the rigors of the Southeastern Conference as a defensive assistant for the Commodores.

He served the last two seasons alongside Vanderbilt associate head coach and linebackers coach Kenwick Thompson, who departed Nashville last month to accept an appointment by Montgomery as ECU's defensive coordinator.

"Ryan is a dynamic young coach whose successful background in the SEC and knowledge of our defensive philosophy was a perfect match," Montgomery stated in a press release announcing Anderson's hiring.

A Presbyterian alum and former standout linebacker for the Blue Hose, Anderson made coaching stops at Reinhardt University and Cumberland University before assuming his duties at Vanderbilt.

Anderson joins 10 previously-announced staff hires since Montgomery's appointment to succeed Ruffin McNeill as head coach of the Pirates:

• Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tony Petersen (previously served in that same capacity at Louisiana Tech)

• Defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson (previously served as Vanderbilt associate head coach and linebackers coach)

• Offensive line coach Geep Wade (previously served in the same role at Middle Tennessee State)

• Defensive line coach Deke Adams (previously served in the same role at South Carolina)

• Running backs coach Antonio King (previously served as head coach at Durham Hillside High School)

• Wide receivers coach Phil McGeoghan (previously served in the same role for the Miami Dolphins)

• Secondary coach Rick Smith (previously served as defensive coordinator and secondary coach on former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill's staff)

• Special teams coach Shannon Moore (previously served as special teams coach at Florida International)

• Assistant athletics director for football operations Terrell Smith (previously served as director of football operations at Duke)

• Director of player personnel Ethan Johnson (previously served as Duke's assistant director of player personnel)

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