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Feb 19, 2022

The Chargers added three coaches to their staff on Saturday. - The team hired Brendan Nugent as their new offensive line coach, Chris Gould as the assistant special teams coach, and Mike Hiestand as an offensive assistant. - The move to bring in Nugent came after L.A. lost previous offensive line coach Frank Smith to the Dolphins, who now serves as their offensive coordinator. - Nugent recently served as the Saints’ offensive line coach since 2015. In addition, he assisted as the run game coordinator/tight ends coach alongside Dan Roushar. - During Nugent’s tenure with New Orleans, 10 Pro Bowl selections came from the team’s offensive line. - Gould, brother of 49ers kicker Chris, was recently assistant special teams coach for the Broncos. - Heistand formerly was Denver’s assistant to head coach/offensive quality control. - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Chargers Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Chargers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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