Auburn Expected to Hire WVU Football RB Coach Larry Porter

Running backs coach Larry Porter will be leaving WVU after just one season. Auburn is hiring Porter, per multiple national reports. Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports was first.

Porter previously worked at Auburn as tight ends coach from 2017-20.

Prior to joining Rich Rodriguez’s staff in West Virginia, Porter most recently served as running backs coach and special teams coordinator under Mack Brown at North Carolina and has a long track record of success behind him.

A former running back himself from his playing days at Memphis, Porter embarked on his long coaching career in 1998 and has since experienced stops at Arkansas, Oklahoma State, LSU – where he was part of the Tigers’ 2007 national championship staff, back to Memphis, Arizona State, Texas, multiple stints at North Carolina and Auburn.

More of Porter’s background includes stints at Auburn from 2017-20 (special teams coordinator/tight ends/H-backs), special teams coordinator and running backs coach at UNC (2014-16), running backs coach at Texas (2013), Arizona State (2012), LSU (2005-09), Oklahoma State (2002-04), Arkansas State (1999-01) and Tennessee-Martin (1998) and was the head coach at Memphis (2010-11).

In 2016, Porter coached All-ACC running backs Elijah Hood and T.J. Logan, who combined to rush for 1,508 yards and 15 touchdowns. Hood (Oakland) and Logan (Arizona) were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft. An All-ACC performer, Hood rushed for 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns. Under Porter’s guidance in 2015, Carolina’s running game ranked No. 18 nationally, averaging 224.4 yards per game. That was the highest average on the ground at UNC since 1994. As an offense, the Tar Heels finished No. 9 nationally and set a then-school record at 40.7 points per game.

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