Dave Fipp. Photo from MiamiDolphins.com

Former Arizona Wildcats safety Dave Fipp has joined the staff of new Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly to coach special teams.

Fipp has spent the past two seasons as an assistant special teams coach with the Miami Dolphins.

There was no official word from the Eagles, who are waiting until the completion of the staff to announce the hirings, but Dolphins coach Joe Philbin confirmed the transaction to CSNPhilly.com, which also reported that Fipp was scouting the Senior Bowl practices outfitted in Eagles gear.

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The Arizona Wildcat football coaches like to dip into the recruiting pools of Louisiana, grabbing cornerback Jonathan McKnight in 2010, defensive back Cortez Johnson in 2011 … and now Gerron Borne.

Borne, a senior defensive tackle from East St. John High in Reserve, La., committed to Arizona on Tuesday.

Borne, who is rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com, said he had scholarship offers from Pittsburgh and Tennessee, among others. He was also considering Ole Miss, which had yet to offer but might have at a later time.

Regardless, he said the time was right to commit to Arizona for a variety of reasons.

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Garrett Chachere at Wednesday's practice.
Photo by Michael Chow/The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Wildcats football team, without any fanfare or announcement, tweaked its offensive coaching staff this spring.

The shuffle moves inside receivers coach Garret Chachere to running backs, puts outside receivers coach Dave Nichol in charge of the inside receivers as well, and frees up coordinator Seth Littrell to focus on play-calling and take a bigger-picture look at the entire offense.

Littrell last season was the running backs coach and shared the coordinator duties with now-departed offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh.

“Everybody got a chance to do something they kind of wanted to do,” Chachere said after Wednesday night’s practice.

“It just fit perfectly. It is like anything else, any job you’re in. If you get a new challenge, it kind of gets your batteries charged again. I really have been loving every minute of it.”

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