LSU has welcomed a new addition to its football coaching staff, the LSU Athletic Department announced Thursday.Dan Yanowsky will take over as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator in place of Josh Henson, who left to be the co-offensive line coach at Missouri.Yanowsky has been a coach in the collegiate ranks for more than 20 years. His most recent stint was at Boston College, where he spent two seasons as the Eagles’ tight ends and special teams coach.He held the same position at East Carolina in 2006 and was the Pirates’ defensive line coach from 2001-02. Other recent stops for Yanowksy include Duke and Arkansas State.LSU coach Les Miles said Yanowsky’s background in college football will be an asset to the team.”We are thrilled to have a coach of this caliber join our staff,” Miles said in a news release. “Don brings a great deal of experience on both sides of the ball as well as having experience in the area of special teams.”One of Yanowsky’s best tight ends was Ryan Purvis, a two-time All-Alantic Coast Conference selection at Boston College, who is rated as one of the top five tight ends in the 2009 NFL Draft.Miles is also excited about what Yanowsky will bring to the team as recruiting coordinator. Yanowsky held that post at Utah and Memphis early in his coaching career.”He’s a veteran in terms of recruiting battles, and he’ll bring tremendous energy and innovation to the position of recruiting coordinator for us,” Miles said.——Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]