Tim Cross, formerly Syracuse football’s defensive line coach, was named defensive line coach at Minnesota on Thursday.

Cross was one of Robinson’s original hires in 2005. Robinson hired Cross from Texas, where they coached together in 2004 on UT head coach Mack Brown’s staff. When Robinson accepted the Syracuse job in 2005, he hired then-Denver Broncos tight ends coach Brian Pariani as offensive coordinator.

Pariani’s replacement was Tim Brewster, Minnesota’s new head coach. Brewster filled his staff Thursday and made Cross one of his original hires.

‘I met Tim at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, Colo., when I was at Texas,’ Brewster said during a press conference Thursday. ‘I came into the school, where he was the head football coach at the time, and I told him that one day when I got the opportunity, I was going to hire Tim Cross.’

Syracuse now has vacancies at offensive line coach and defensive line coach.

Staff report compiled by sports editor Zach Berman