Luginbill Retools Aztec Offensive Coaching Staff : Football: Bret Ingalls named to replace Dave Lay as offensive coordinator at SDSU.

Last season, the pressure didn’t begin to mount on San Diego State’s offense until quarterback Cree Morris was unproductive during losses to Air Force and UCLA in late September.

As for 1992, the pressure and questions began Wednesday when Coach Al Luginbill confirmed that Bret Ingalls would replace Dave Lay as Aztec offensive coordinator.

Luginbill also confirmed that Dave Schramm, former recruiting coordinator, had been reassigned as the tight ends/offensive line coach and that secondary coach Ron Mims added the title of assistant head coach.

Dan Underwood, former tight ends/running backs coach and assistant head coach, already has been reassigned. He now is recruiting coordinator.

All of this reshuffling leaves SDSU without a running backs coach. That job has been posted.

“My feeling is that Bret has coached every spot in the (one-back) offense,” Luginbill said. “He has a tremendous grasp of what we want to do and I feel very comfortable with him in that particular position.”

Under Lay, who was fired last month apparently because of personality differences, the Aztecs were seventh, third and sixth in the nation in total offense. Ingalls said he feels no pressure to duplicate those gaudy statistics.

“I don’t think the overall product or ranking in the country puts pressure on me as much as the production (needed) to win games,” said Ingalls, 31, who was an assistant for seven seasons at Idaho State and for three more at SDSU. “The measure of a good offense isn’t necessarily how many yards of points you put on the board. It’s being able to go out and win games. That’s the real pressure.”

In Lay’s parting shot, he placed part of the blame for his dismissal on back-stabbing from Ingalls and receivers’ coach Curtis Johnson, who were declined job offers from Cal. When asked about Lay’s allegations, Ingalls declined comment.

Schramm, 28, is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School and has previously been an assistant at Austin Peay (1988) and Nebraska (1989).

“It’s a great opportunity for me,” Schramm said. “Being a young guy and having the opportunity to get on the field and coach some pretty good players . . . It’s one of those deals where everyone says to be careful of what you wish for because it may come true. It came true for me.

“All of my family is in town, so my motivation will be to make sure I don’t screw it up.”