We’re excited to welcome them and their families to Columbia, and we are all ready to get to work.”The Tigers also hired Luke Meadows to serve as the assistant offensive line coach and Brendan Bognar to be the assistant quarterbacks coach. He previously was the defensive coordinator at North Carolina and Nebraska while also serving as special teams coordinator at Nebraska. From 2016-18, Atkins was Tulane’s assistant head coach and offensive line coach. He previously spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Louisiana, coaching the defensive line from 2015-16 and the defensive tackles in 2017. He was honored with the 2022 Broyles Award, presented annually to the nation’s top assistant coach.