Tulane’s Jonathan Galante was one of 10 special teams coordinators nominated this week for the Broyles Award , which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach.

You would be hard-pressed to find a kicking games as special as the Green Wave’s or, for that matter, a position group presided over by any of the 63 nominees that is performing at a higher level. American Conference cellar dweller Charlotte (1-10, 0-7) has been kicked in the face all year, and Tulane (9-2, 6-1) might be able to do it just with specialists on Saturday (6:30 p.m., ESPNU).

Sophomore Patrick Durkin has hit 20 of 21 field goals—including three of 50 yards or longer—while producing touchbacks on 59 of his 65 kickoffs.

Redshirt sophomore punter Alec Clark, an Australian who followed Galante from Marshall to Southern M

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