West Virginia football assistant coach tracker
West Virginia football assistant coach tracker WVSports.com takes a look at the assistant coaches on the current staff.The Mountaineers have numerous assistants on personnel and we examine their existing scenarios, their obligations as well as their contract circumstances. OFFENSIVE COACHES: Senior Offensive Assistant Travis Trickett returns to West Virginia after he formerly functioned as the offensive organizer at Coastal Carolina from 2023-24. He was last in Morgantown after working as the inside broad receivers/tight ends coach from 2019-21. Trickett, a graduate of West Virginia, got his coaching start as a student assistant with the Mountaineers from 2003-06. He likewise has been the offensive organizer and quarterbacks coach at South Florida(2022), Georgia State (2017-18), Florida Atlantic (2016 )and Samford(2012-15). Contract:$350,000 up until Feb. 28, 2026 Quarterbacks coach Rhett Rodriguez comes by from Jacksonville State where he worked as an offending analyst for the 2024 campaign. A previous quarterback, Rodriguez was at Louisiana-Monroe, in the Sunbelt Conference, in 2021 and at Arizona, in the Pac-12 Conference, from 2017-20. At ULM, he worked as a group captain and was heavily associated with the weekly game planning as he helped in breaking down opponent propensities and analyzing movie for the whole offending system. He is the son of Rich Rodriguez.Contract:$225,000 till Feb. 28, 2026 Assistant Quarterbacks Coach Pat White goes back to West Virginia after a famous career at quarterback for the Mountaineers from 2005-08 where he set the Big East records in touchdowns
responsible for(103), total offense (10,529)and ended up being the first player in Big East history to pass for more than 10,000 yards. After a profession in NFL, White entered into coaching where he most just recently worked as an offending assistant coach with the Los Angeles Chargers for 2 years. He likewise spent time as the pass game planner and quarterbacks coach at Campbell (2022 ), was the interim offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama State(2021 ), the running backs coach at USF(2020) and the quarterbacks coach at Alcorn State (2018-19). Agreement:$ 120,000 until Feb. 28, 2026 Blocking back coach Larry Porter is a veteran running backs coach with over 27-years of
experience at several stops including North Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma State, Auburn, Arizona State and even functioned as the head coach at Memphis. Porter emerged on the Mountaineers radar after
Chad Scott left for Texas and provides the program a knowledgeable coach and recruiter that has stood out throughout his career.Contract:$300,000 through Feb. 28, 2026 Pass receiver coach Ryan Garrett featured Rich Rodriguez from Jacksonville State where he worked as the pass receivers coach for three seasons. Will acquire the same function on the Mountaineers coaching personnel and also worked
with Rodriguez as a graduate assistant at
Louisiana Monroe. Prior to that Garrett worked as the death game organizer and wide receivers coach at West Virginia State and started his profession as a graduate assistant at Mississippi where he crossed courses with Rodriguez yet again.Contract: $250,000 through Feb. 28, 2026 Inside wide receivers coach Logan Bradley concerned West Virginia from Auburn where he acted as the assistant tight ends coach and was an offending analyst for two seasons prior to that. As part of
that role, Bradley handled the organization of practice scripts and game day call sheets while creating the offending playbook. He also functioned as an offensive analyst at Liberty and is referred to as a young dynamic employer that has Texas ties.Contract:$200,000 through Feb. 28, 2026 Offending line coach Jack Bickell Jr.Bicknell brings experience from both the college and NFL levels over the course his veteran career. Bicknell most just recently functioned as the offending line coach at Wisconsin where he spent one season after coming by from North Carolina. Bicknell has dealt with offending lines given that 2007 where he took control of
at his university Boston College from 07-08
. He has also coached the offensive line at Mississippi, Auburn and Louisville during that time. Bicknell and Rodriguez were both on staff at Mississippi in 2019. He also acted as the head coach at Louisiana Tech from 1999-06 and has stints in the NFL the assistant offending line coach with New york city Giants(2009-11 ), offending line coach with the Kansas City Chiefs(2012 ), offending line coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers(2013)and assistant offending line coach with the Miami Dolphins( 2014-17). Agreement:$450,000 through Feb. 28, 2026 Tight ends coach Michael Nysewander spent the past 2 seasons as the tight ends and inside pass receivers coach at Jacksonville State and makes the move with Abundant Rodriguez to Morgantown. That familiarity was crucial as Nysewander seeks to take the next step in his profession.
Prior to joining the Gamecocks, Nysewander was a senior analyst at Mississippi and played college football at Alabama where he won 3 national championships. Contract:$225,000 through Feb. 28,
2026 PROTECTIVE COACHES: Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Zac Street Alley was the leading target for Rodriguez as quickly as he took the task in Morgantown and the Mountaineers were able to pull him far from Oklahoma. Alley invested 2 years on personnel with Rodriguez as his defensive planner at Jacksonville State prior to showing up in Norman
and the 2 worked together for a year at Louisiana Monroe.Thought about one of the
best young defensive planners in college football, Alley
is understood for his aggressive style of defense and how he can adapt it to his personnel. Contract:$ 1,500,000 through Feb. 28, 2028 Defensive line coach William Green has actually hung around with both Rich Rodriguez and Zac Alley over his coaching profession at both Louisiana Monroe and Jacksonville State. The former Florida Gator had two stints on staff at Jacksonville State and his systems have been efficient over his profession.
A young assistant that has a lot of familiarity with
the scheme. Agreement: $250,000 through Feb. 28, 2026 Outlaws coach Jeff Casteel goes back to West Virginia with a lots of experience training with 35 years total and 27 as a protective organizer. Casteel has two previous stops at West Virginia covering
from 2001-2011 where he supervised the defense before
returning in 2020. Casteel
belonged to Rodriguez’s original staff in 2001 and now is on his initial personnel in his second tenure in Morgantown.He also has actually acted as the protective planner at Arizona with Rodriguez in addition to at Nevada and Shepherd. Agreement:$250,000 till Feb. 28, 2026 Cornerbacks coach Rod West spent the last 4 seasons prior to being tabbed on the West Virginia personnel at Appalachian State where
he coached the cornerbacks. He added defensive death game organizer in 2022. Before showing up in Boone, West spent the three previous three-plus seasons on personnel at Richmond, including serving
as co-defensive organizer and cornerbacks coach. West began his training profession in 2009 at Kentucky Christian. He likewise had stints at Department II national runner-up Delta State (2010 ), Texas A&M -Commerce(2011-12)and Morehead State (2013-14). A young dynamic recruiter.Contract:$ 225,000 till Feb. 28, 2026 Safeties coach Gabe Franklin had an effective period at his alma mater Boise
State where he acted as the safeties coach in 2016 and supervise the nickels beginning in 2019. He was with the Broncos for five seasons and assisted the defense improve right away. He also was on the training staff with Zac Street. He likewise spent 5 seasons at UTEP as the defensive backs coach and recruiting planner in addition to different other stops.Contract:$250,000 till Feb. 28, 2026 Unique groups organizer and protective assistant Pat Kirkland invested three years at Jacksonville State as the unique teams coordinator and outlaw coach prior to going back to West Virginia. Kirkland operated in Morgantown from 2006-07 and this will be the 3rd time that he has worked under Rodriguez. Kirkland likewise worked as the head coach at Charleston where he was 70-41. Contract:$150,000 until Feb. 28, 2026
Nickels/sams coach Henry Weinreich pertains to West Virginia from Oklahoma, where he dealt with WVU defensive planner Zac Alley as a protective analyst, concentrating on the linebackers and safeties. Aside from game-day tasks, he was accountable for challenger breakdowns and hunting reports.
Prior to that Weinreich was at Jacksonville State working with Rodriguez from 2020-23 where he began as a graduate assistant before being promoted to an expert. He likewise acted as a graduate
assistant at West Georgia.Contract:$120,000 up until Feb.
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