The Big 12 Insiders: Evaluating West Virginia athletics’ lofty expectations
A brand-new programme that covers all things pertaining to and impacting the 16-school Big 12 Conference is called Big 12 Insiders. Brien “Big B” Hanley, a former football player for Kansas State, is the host. Mike Casazza, the publisher of the West Virginia website on the 247Sports Network, joins Big B today to talk about the Mountaineers’ future in the growing Big 12.
The GoPowercat YouTube channel hosts The Big 12 Insiders every Tuesday through Friday at 1 p.m. (Central). The K-State Insiders are broadcast on the channel on Mondays.
The list of all the hires and firings that 247Sports has confirmed for the 2023–24 coaching carousel seasons is provided below. In the FBS, between 500 and 600 coaches take on new roles annually. The 2022–2023 cycle saw about 509 coaches—24 of whom were head coaches—change positions, according to data from 247Sports.
Enter: Michael Shuster, quarterbacks (Duke, graduate assistant); J.D. Brookhart, receivers; Ryan Matviko, special teams coordinator (Akron, analyst); Taylor Housewright, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks (Montana State, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks).
Tre’ Bell, the cornerback (West Virginia, analyst); Billy Fessler, the offensive coordinator (UCLA, quarterbacks); and David Gilbertson, the receiver (Nevada, quarterbacks)
Enter: Bryan Ellis, tight ends (Georgia Southern, offensive coordinator); Chris Kapilovic, offensive line (Baylor, offensive line); Christian Robinson, outside linebackers (Baylor, outside linebackers); Nick Sheridan, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks (Washington, tight ends); Colin Hitschler, defensive backs (Wisconsin, safeties); Kalen DeBoer, head coach (Washington, head coach); Kane Wommack, defensive coordinator (South Alabama, head coach); Maurice Linguist, co-defensive coordinator; J
Out are head coach Nick Saban (retired); defensive coordinator Kevin Steele (retired); and special teams and outside coordinator Coleman Hutzler.
linebackers (Defensive Coordinator, Mississippi State); receivers Holmon Wiggins (Texas A&M); tight ends Joe Cox (Ole Miss); inside linebackers Robert Bala (Defensive Coordinator, Western Michigan); offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb (Seattle Seahawks); offensive line Scott Huff (Seattle Seahawks); inside linebackers William Inge (Tennessee, inside linebackers)
The Appalachian State
In: Troy, defensive line; Eric McDaniel, defensive line
Victor Cabral, outside linebacker for West Virginia, is out of the defensive line.
Enter: Zo Carter, TBD (San Jose State, running backs); Dino Babers, offensive coordinator (Syracuse, head coach); Danny Gonzales, special teams coordinator and linebackers (New Mexico, head coach); Bobby Wade, receivers (Arizona State, analyst).
Excluded from consideration were Jedd Fisch, the head coach of Washington; Johnny Nansen, the defensive coordinator for Texas’ linebackers; Jimmy Dougherty, the quarterbacks for Washington; Jordan Paopao, the tight ends for Washington; Brennan Carroll, the offensive coordinator for Washington; John Richardson, the cornerbacks for Washington; Scottie Graham, the running backs for Washington; and Jason Kaufusi, the defensive line for Washington.
Arizona University
In: Marcus Arroyo, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks; Diron Reynolds, defensive line (Michigan State);
Out: Vince Amey, defensive line (Arizona State, analyst); Beau Baldwin, offensive coordinator (fired).
Arkansas
Included are Bobby Petrino, the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M; Eric Mateos, the offensive line coordinator at Baylor; and Ronnie Fouch, the co-offensive coordinator at Missouri State for receivers.
Dan Enos, the offensive coordinator, was fired; Cody Kennedy, the offensive line coach at Mississippi State; and Kenny Guiton, the receiver coach at Wisconsin
military
Enter: Army quarterbacks’ offensive coordinator Cody Worley
Darren Paige, the running back, was let go.
In: D.J. Durkin, defensive coordinator (Texas A&M); Vontrell King-Williams, defensive tackles (Auburn, analyst); Charles Kelly, defensive backs (Colorado); Kent Austin, offensive coordinator (Auburn, analyst); Derrick Nix, offensive coordinator and running backs (Ole Miss, receivers).
Out: running backs Cadillac Williams resigned; offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery was fired; defensive coordinator Ron Roberts (Florida, linebackers coach, co-defensive coordinator); defensive backs Zac Etheridge (Houston, TBD); defensive lineman Jeremy Garrett (Jacksonville Jaguars, defensive line)
