2014 Millsaps Majors Football Media Guide | Page 7

Millsaps Majors Football Offensive Coordinator- 2nd Season JASON GUTHRIE Guthrie joined the Millsaps Majors’ coaching staff for the 2013 season as the Majors Offensive Coordinator. Guthrie comes to the Majors from Trinity University (Tex) where he spent the previous 10 seasons as an assistant coach and the 2012 season as the team’s offensive coordinator. In 2012, the Tigers averaged over 34 points per game and averaged 430 yards of offense per game. In addition to leading the Majors’ offense: Guthrie recruits the Mississippi Gulf Coast, East Jackson to Meridian, and Dallas/Fort Worth and central Texas. Prior to making the jump to the college ranks, Guthrie was a coach at the high school level in Tennessee. Guthrie was the offensive coordinator at Brentwood High School in Tennessee. There he led the offense and coached the wide receivers to the tune of more than 30 points a game and a 29-7 record in his three seasons. The Bruins won a state title in his final year at the school. Guthrie earned a bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan University and received his Master’s degree from Trinity in 2006. Jason and his wife Sarah, from Metarie, Louisiana, reside in Jackson. You can follow Coach Guthrie on Twitter @MajorJSG Defensive Coordinator- 4th Season BRANDON LECHTENBERG The Majors welcomed in TCU’s Brandon Lechtenberg in 2011, as he joined Head Coach Aaron Pelch’s staff as defensive coordinator. He leads a unit that was at the top or near the top of the SAA in every major defensive category. Coach Lechtenberg’s defensive unit led the SAA in both total defense and scoring defense. The Majors have produced the Defensive Player of the Year in the SAA each of the last two seasons and had nine players earn all-conference honors in 2013. Prior to Millsaps College, Lechtenberg served as a graduate assistant coach at Texas Christian University from 2009-2011. From 2007-2008 Lechtenberg was linebacker coach and defensive coordinator for Central City High School in Central City, Nebraska. Before that, he served from 2005-2007 at North Star High School in Lincoln, Nebraska as defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. A native of Butte, Nebraska, Coach Lechtenberg earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska and a masters degree from TCU. He is married to Dee Anna Lechtenberg and live in Jackson, Mississippi. You can follow Coach Lechtenberg @Coach_Lech