Report: Oregon State expected to hire veteran defensive assistant

Oregon State is expected to hire Anthony Perkins as its new cornerbacks coach, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The veteran defensive assistant has spent the past three seasons at Colorado State with 10 years of experience across college football and the NFL.

Perkins played four seasons at Colorado from 2007-11 and immediately started his coaching career in 2012. He began at his alma mater as a defensive quality control assistant and spent time on the Denver Broncos training camp roster during the same season.

He also boasts experience across the country with Indiana State and Ohio, where he worked as secondary and cornerbacks coach before leaving to take an assistant to the head coach position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017 and 2018.

In 2019, Anthony Perkins returned to his home state of Colorado and served as cornerbacks coach at Colorado State before receiving interest from Jonathan Smith’s Oregon State staff this offseason.

Oregon State implodes stadium

Oregon State University’s project for Reser Stadium, the home of the Beavers’ football team, continued rolling along on Friday morning. A portion of Reser Stadium was blown up with explosives as part of a controlled demolition.

The demolition began with a line of explosives being set off, resulting in the west side portion of the stadium falling straight back to the ground. The entire process took just seconds to complete.

Oregon State’s $153 million upgrade project for Reser Stadium is set to continue throughout the next year. The project broke ground shortly after the conclusion of this football season. It is set to continue throughout the next year, although it will still allow for Oregon State to play at Reser Stadium during the construction.

The project is set to be fully complete prior to the start of the 2023 football season. Oregon State went 7-6 this season. The Beavers won four consecutive games after falling in Week 1. Oregon State played against Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl on Dec. 18, where Utah State won 24-13.

As part of the Reser Stadium upgrade, Oregon State is adding a student welcome center and a wellness clinic. Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes believes that the project will help finances for the department.

“By completing Reser now we ensure the long-term financial sustainability for the OSU Athletics Department and all student-athletes,” Barnes said on Oregon State’s Reser Stadium project website. “Increased revenue will provide financial stability throughout OSU Athletics where 70% of the revenues required to operate 17 women and men’s varsity sports are generated from football and Reser Stadium activities.”