His hire was in the works in early December of 2010.

About two months later, on Feb. 2, 2011, Mark Hudspeth unveiled his first recruiting class as head coach of the UL Ragin’ Cajuns.

Three years later, as he prepares for National Signing Day on Wednesday, Hudspeth looks back at the work of his quickly assembled coaching staff with a certain sense of satisfaction, especially, he said, “considering how fast we put that class together.”