New Orleans Saints assistant Ed Orgeron will make the decision about his coaching future on New Year's Day.
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Les Miles will know on Thursday whether or not he has his first choice for DL coach</td></tr></tbody></table>According to his long-time friend Bobby Hebert, Orgeron and his family are vacationing in Florida. Orgeron can remain with the Saints, join Lane Kiffin's staff at Tennessee or join Les Miles' staff at LSU.
"I think that (Orgeron) will stay in Louisiana," Hebert said. "He'll either be with the Saints or LSU. He'll announce what he's going to do Thursday."
Reportedly, Orgeron has been offered a large salary by Miles to be defensive line coach, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. All indications are that Orgeron will return to college football at LSU.
Orgeron, who signed with LSU after graduating from South Lafourche, transferred to Northwestern State. His first coaching position came at Miami in 1988. Orgeron also coached at Nicholls State and Syracuse before going to Southern California.
Saints coach Sean Payton hired Orgeron as his defensive line coach after he was fired from the head job at Ole Miss. During his three seasons with the Rebels, Orgeron had a 10-25 record.
Earl Lane is the current defensive line coach for the Tigers. There has been no word as to where Lane will be coaching next season.
Orgeron would be the second former head coach on Miles' staff. Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton was the head coach at both Louisiana Tech and Brigham Young.
Former Tennessee defensive coordinator John Chavis is expected to be named to the same job at LSU. Chavis would coach the linebackers – a role presently handled by Bradley Dale Peveto, who is moving on to be the head coach at Northwestern State.
Secondary coach Doug Mallory is expected to become defensive coordinator at New mexico following LSU's Chick-fil-A Bowl game against Georgia Tech on Wednesday night. Therefore, Miles would have to hire a defensive backs coach.
Miles has had discussions with San Francisco 49ers secondary coach Vance Joseph about that post. Former Tennessee defensive backs coach Larry Slade has also been mentioned as a candidate although it appears that Slade is going to Louisville as an assista