FSU football coach Mike Norvell impressive coaching tree

Chris Marve stayed close to the East Coast, while Kenny Dillingham moved out West. They are now defensive and offensive coordinators at their respective schools -- Marve at Virginia Tech and Dillingham at Oregon.

They also represent two of the newest branches on the Mike Norvell coaching tree, which continues to produce extremely impressive results for the young head coach.

Norvell, who just finished his second year at Florida State and sixth overall, now has nine former assistant coaches serving as offensive, defensive or special-teams coordinators at FBS schools -- including six at the Power 5 level.

And now that Dan Lanning has been hired as head coach at Oregon, Norvell now has four former assistants serving as head coaches of Division-I programs: Lanning, Ryan Silverfield (Memphis). Will Hall (Southern Miss) and Chris Ball (Northern Arizona).

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Norvell's track record has been particularly impressive on the offensive side of the ball.

He had different offensive coordinators in each of his four seasons at Memphis, and all three who left are now coordinators at Power 5 programs: Chip Long from 2016 is now at Georgia Tech after stints at other schools; Darrell Dickey from '17 is at Texas A&M; and Dillingham from '18 is at Oregon.

Norvell's 2019 offensive coordinator, Kevin Johns, is still with the Tigers in the same role.

Here's a look at each of the former Norvell assistants who are now D-I head coaches or FBS coordinators.

Note: There are many more former Norvell staffers who are now assistant coaches at the Division-I level (FSU placed that total at 41 coming into the 2021 season).

Norvell Coaching Tree's Highest Branches

Coach	Position	School	Under Norvell

Dan Lanning	Head Coach	Oregon	LBs coach at Memphis ('16-17)
Ryan Silverfield	Head Coach	Memphis	OL coach at Memphis ('16-19)
Will Hall	Head Coach	Southern Miss	TE coach at Memphis ('18)
Chris Ball	Head Coach	Northern Arizona	Def. Coord. at Memphis ('16-18)
Kenny Dillingham	Off. Coordinator	Oregon	Posts at ASU, Memphis, FSU ('14-18, '20-21)
Darrell Dickey	Off. Coordinator	Texas A&M	RBs coach ('16), Off. Coord. ('17) at Memphis
Chip Long	Off. Coordinator	Georgia Tech	Off. Coord. at Memphis (2016)
Kevin Johns	Off. Coordinator	Memphis	Off. Coord. at Memphis (2019)
Chris Marve	Def. Coordinator	Virginia Tech	LBs coach at Florida St. ('20-21)
Scott Symons	Def. Coordinator	Liberty	ILBs coach at Memphis (2018)
Joe Lorig	Special Teams Coordinator	Penn State	Assistant at Memphis ('16-18)
Pete Lembo	Special Teams Coordinator	South Carolina	Assistant at Memphis ('19)
Curt Baldus	Special Teams Coordinator	Arkansas St.	Analyst at FSU ('20)

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