LSU is hiring Saints offensive assistant Joe Brady as its new passing game coordinator and receivers coach, an LSU official confirmed to NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on Saturday (Jan. 26).

Brady, 28, is filling the vacancy left by the retirement of passing game coordinator Jerry Sullivan. Bruce Feldman of The Athletic first reported the news.

Brady spent the past two seasons with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive assistant. He worked primarily with tight ends in 2017 and quarterbacks in 2018.