Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse head coach Fran Brown has demoted defensive coordinator Elijah Robinson to defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator, the school announced Tuesday morning.

Brown’s decision implies there will be a new defensive play-caller next season and that Robinson’s shifting role was performance-related after a 3-9 season.

“The results this season were not reflective of the high standards I have for our program,” Brown said in a statement. “After carefully evaluating our entire organization, I made the difficult decision to seek new leadership for some units of our football team. These are the changes needed for our goals of competing for championships at Syracuse.”

Brown informed the team during a Monday meeting he will look to hire a new defensive coordinator tha

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