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Navy Football: 5 reasons Midshipman will be better than Army in 2018

By Gavin Jernigan

PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 12: The Navy Midshipmen run off the field after warm ups before the game against the Army Black Knights at Lincoln Financial Field on December 12, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 12: The Navy Midshipmen run off the field after warm ups before the game against the Army Black Knights at Lincoln Financial Field on December 12, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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1. Coaching Upgrades

This offseason Coach Niumatalolo made some additions and changes in his coaching staff. Most notably, Niumatalolo made a change at the head of strength and conditioning job. For years, Coach Mike Brass led the Midshipmen in the weight room. However, Coach Bryan Fitzpatrick has now taken over as Navy’s head strength coach. Coach Fitzpatrick brings a more new-school approach to offseason workouts, and is able to get the best response out of the players during their grueling speed and strength exercises.

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Another key addition to the Navy coaching staff is the return of Coach Tony Grantham. Coach Grantham was with Navy from 2008 to 2013 before leaving to coach at Louisville. Grantham coached the outside linebackers and the punt return team while at Navy during that period. Grantham is a players coach, which explains why the outside linebackers often led the team in tackles and tackles-for-loss when Coach Grantham was with the team previously.

Army lost Coach David Corley to Penn State this offseason and added coaches Mike Krysl and Marcus Edwards. Krysl comes from coaching special teams at Samford and Edwards joins from Stony Brook. It’s tough not to recognize the departing coach left for a notable team whereas the incoming coaches join from much smaller schools.

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