LSU defensive line coach Jamar Cain leaves to join Broncos

LSU defensive line coach Jamar Cain is leaving the program after one season to become an assistant with Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos.

SOURCE: The Broncos are hiring LSU D-line coach/defensive run game coordinator Jamar Cain as a pass rush specialist coach. The 42-year-old who has coached at ASU, OU and Fresno State, among other places as he’s risen up the coaching ranks. @Mzenitz first reported the move.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) March 25, 2023

The #Broncos are hiring LSU run game coordinator/DL coach Jamar Cain as their pass rush specialist, per source. Cain’s name has been popular with NFL clubs in years past. Now he’ll join Sean Payton’s staff, working closely with the DL and OLBs under new DC Vance Joseph.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 25, 2023

LSU will need to fill the void left behind by Cain, also the Tigers defensive run game coordinator. He spent the previous two years as an assistant at Oklahoma.

Cain, 42, is taking his first NFL job after two decades on the college level.