Vanderbilt announces hires to football staff

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Vanderbilt’s new head coach Clark Lea announced the hiring of four staff members today. Inoke Breckterfield and Justin Lustig join the coaching staff. Breckterfield will mentor the defensive tackles. The former All-American comes to Nashville following six seasons overseeing the defensive line at Wisconsin. Lustig, the Commodores’ assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach, arrives from Syracuse, where he spent the last four seasons.

Barton Simmons will serve as the Commodores’ general manager and director of personnel, and Nik Valdiserri will be the recruiting coordinator.