WVU football: New assistant coaches assigned formal titles, recruiting areas
February 18, 2019 by Tom BraggHi gang,
One last football post here today before we shift our focus to tonight’s basketball game in Morgantown against visiting Kansas State.
As mentioned in my earlier post, new WVU football coach Neal Brown introduced his first Mountaineer staff to the media this morning at Milan Puskar Stadium and we learned more about who will coach what positions and who will recruit what areas.
I was in the process of typing up something very similar for this post, then a handy breakdown of each new West Virginia assistant was sent out by the folks in WVU’s sports information department. I’ll post that below (minus a bunch of quotes, several of which I’m hanging on to for stuff I’m working on). Keep an eye out in the next few days for more stories coming out of today’s meeting with the new football coaching staff.
Assistant Coach (Defensive Coordinator) Vic Koenning
Primary Recruiting Territory: West Virginia: Bridgeport, Charleston
Secondary: South Georgia
Assistant Coach (Defensive Secondary) Jahmile Addae
Primary Recruiting Territory: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia/Martinsburg; South Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Va.
Secondary: Florida: Gainesville, Tampa, Tallahassee; Las Vegas; Any Defensive Back Crossover
Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers) Xavier Dye
Primary Recruiting Territory: North Washington D.C./Baltimore, Md.; Delaware
Secondary: North Carolina/Charlotte; Any Wide Receiver Crossover
Assistant Coach (Defensive Line) Jordan Lesley
Primary Recruiting Territory: Mississippi Junior Colleges; Ohio: Cincinnati/Dayton
Secondary: Mobile, Ala.; Pensacola, Fla.; Georgia: Gwinnett County, Atlanta; Any Defensive Line Crossover
Assistant Coach (Offensive Line) Matt Moore
Primary Recruiting Territory: West Virginia: Morgantown, Fairmont, Beckley, Bluefield; Virginia: Roanoke; All Offensive Line
Secondary: Tennessee
Assistant Coach (Outside Linebackers) Al Pogue
Primary Recruiting Territory: Western Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh
Secondary: Alabama: Montgomery and Northwestern Atlanta Counties; Detroit
Assistant Coach (Quarterbacks) Sean Reagan
Primary Recruiting Territory: Huntington, W.Va.; Kentucky; All Quarterbacks
Secondary: Indianapolis, Chicago
Assistant Coach (Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs) Chad Scott
Primary Recruiting Territory: Eastern Pennsylvania/Philadelphia; Central/South New Jersey
Secondary: Florida: Orlando, Ocala, etc.; Any Running Back Crossover
Assistant Coach (Inside Linebackers) Blake Seiler
Primary Recruiting Territory: Kansas/Iowa Junior Colleges; West Virginia: Northern Panhandle/Wheeling; Ohio: Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Toledo, Youngstown
Secondary: Louisiana
Assistant Coach (Tight Ends/Inside Receivers) Travis Trickett
Primary Recruiting Territory: Parkersburg, W.Va.; Columbus, Ohio and Surrounding Area; New York City/North New Jersey
Secondary: Northeast Pennsylvania/Lackawanna College; Jacksonville, Fla./Savannah, Ga.; South Florida