Syracuse’s offense and defense rank near the bottom of ACC. Fran Brown says coordinators will return

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse’s offense and defense both rank near the bottom of the ACC this season but head coach Fran Brown said Monday that he expects both of his coordinators to return next year.

Brown declined to assess the performance of his coordinators this season, saying he would wait to do that until after the year was over.

He said there will be changes made within the Orange football program heading into next season but did not offer details on Monday.

“A lot of times you want to make excuses for why we lost so many games,” Brown said. “It’s never acceptable, but I’m learning so much about being a football coach. I’m learning so much about our football team, our program, coaching staff, players. There’s a lot of change that will be made. There’s a lot of things that will happe