Former Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Chris Marve has been hired as the linebackers coach at Colorado. (Virginia Tech Athletics)
Former Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Chris Marve has been hired as the linebackers coach at Colorado. (Virginia Tech Athletics)
Five days before the start of spring practices, the coaching staff of the Colorado football team is changing.
Defensive coordinator Robert Livingston is leaving the Buffaloes to join the staff of the Denver Broncos. CU head coach Deion Sanders has elected to replace Livingston with Chris Marve, who was hired this offseason as the Buffs’ linebackers coach.
CU opens spring practices on Monday.
Livingston spent two seasons with the Buffs after a dozen years with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals. He is now heading back to the NFL as the Broncos’ defensive pass game coordinator.
In Denver, Livingston will be reunited with Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. They worked together in Cincinnati during the 2014-15 seasons.
Before he was hired at CU in December, Marve most recently was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Virginia Tech from 2022-24.
Under Marve, Virginia Tech allowed just 24.7 points per game in 2022 (54th nationally), 23.9 (51st) in 2023 and 22.8 (39th) in 2024. The Hokies were also top 60 nationally in yards allowed in all three of his seasons, ranking 58th in 2022 (371.2), 20th in 2023 (316.8) and 57th in 2024 (363.0).
Prior to Virginia Tech, Marve spent two years (2020-21) as the linebackers coach at Florida State. In 2019, he was the linebackers coach and defensive run game coordinator at Mississippi State.