Per multiple reports Thursday, Missouri football is expected to hire Miami’s Derek Nicholson as its next linebackers coach.

Mizzou’s staff is reportedly whole again. Missouri football is expected to hire Miami’s Derek Nicholson as its next linebackers coach, per a report Thursday morning from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Nicholson replaces D.J. Smith, Mizzou's former linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator, who departed in December to become the defensive coordinator at Appalachian State.

The Missouri Tigers are expected to hire Miami linebackers coach and Co-defensive coordinator Derek Nicholson as their next linebackers coach, according to a report by Pete Thamel of ESPN.

Missouri reportedly has hired Derek Nicholson as its new linebackers coach/co-defensive coordinator. Nicholson, who was a star linebacker at Florida State, has been at Miami the past two seasons ...

Missouri is bringing aboard a former Miami co-defensive coordinator to coach its linebacker room this coming season.

hiring Miami co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Derek Nicholson. D.J. Smith, the Tigers’ former linebackers coach/co-DC, left Mizzou for a defensive coordinator job with Appalachian ...