Elliss joined the Utes staff after spending five years with the University of Idaho, where he coached the defensive line and two of his sons. One of his other sons, Jonah, is a current sophomore defensive end at Utah.
University of Utah defensive tackles coach Luther Elliss talks to media on the second day of spring practices on Thursday, March 24, 2022.The anticipation Luther Elliss felt before his first day as the new defensive tackles coach for the University of Utah football team was “like a kid in a candy store where somebody says, ‘You can have whatever you want.’”But while Elliss is getting used to his new job, some of his surroundings haven’t changed since playing for Utah in the early 1990s.
Elliss said part of what makes coaching the Utes so meaningful is getting a chance to coach Jonah a little, much like he coached his other two sons.“I think they like having me there, but then there’s some things they don’t — some of that off-the-field stuff that they don’t want you to hear as a parent,” Elliss said. “But for the most part, I think it’s a great opportunity, a great relationship, good opportunity to take some of my knowledge and experience and share with them.
The former Ute is trying to instill some of the professional mindset he learned into this defensive tackle group, as Utah looks to build off its Pac-12 championship and“Not wasting a day, not wasting a rep, not wasting a meeting,” Elliss said. “We all have things happening outside of football, outside of this facility, this building. But when you get here, you have to compartmentalize and set things aside and say, ‘I’m going to focus here.
And Elliss is already seeing some of that mentality from his players. He mentioned Junior Tafuna and Devin Kaufusi as players that he sees becoming leaders not only on the field, but off of it. And as far as the entire group, he’s been impressed by its “desire to be great.”
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