Source: TCU targeting Holgorsen for spot on staff

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  • Senior WriterJul 29, 2024, 03:28 PM ET Close College football reporter.
  • Signed up with ESPN.com in 2008.
  • Graduate of Northwestern University.TCU is targeting

previous Houston and West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen for a position on its staff for the 2024 season, a source validated to ESPN on Monday.An offer is not total and Holgorsen’s prospective function with TCU has actually not been figured out, however an arrangement is anticipated. Holgorsen invested the past five years as Houston’s coach, going 31-28 with a 12-2 mark in 2021, and was fired following a 4-8 season last fall. He went 61-41 in eight seasons at West Virginia, tape-recording 3 AP top-20 finishes.Holgorsen, 53, worked along with TCU coach Sonny Dykes at Texas Tech from 2000 to 2006 under Mike Leach. Holgorsen and Dykes coached the Red Raiders’ wide receivers and shared offending organizer tasks in 2005 and 2006. Editor’s Picks 1 Associated 247 Sports first reported Holgorsen as a target for the TCU staff.If the deal is completed, Holgorsen would become the 3rd person who acted as an

FBS head coach in 2023 to join Dykes’staff. Dykes employed previous Boise State coach Andy Avalos as protective organizer and previous Nevada coach Ken Wilson as linebackers coach.Holgorsen would bring substantial Big 12 experience with stops at Texas Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Houston.