Report: Travis Trickett Returning to WVU Football for 3rd Stint

Travis Trickett is reportedly returning to WVU football for a third stint with the Mountaineers, according to Mark Zentiz of CBS Sports/247Sports.

A 2007 WVU graduate, Trickett is reunited with new WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez. Trickett’s first-ever coaching position was as a student assistant under Rodriguez from 2003-06.

Trickett made several coaching stops after that before returning to WVU as a member of Neal Brown’s staff in 2019. He served as inside receivers and tight ends coach until 2021. He left West Virginia to become the offensive coordinator at South Florida.

After one season at USF, Trickett was hired to the same position at Coastal Carolina, where he spent the last two seasons. He was fired from that position last October.

Trickett’s position on WVU’s coaching staff has not yet been announced, although the Mountaineers have openings at both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Travis Trickett’s younger brother, Clint Trickett, played quarterback at WVU in 2013 and 2014. Clint Trickett was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Jacksonville State earlier this offseason.

Their father, Rick Trickett, coached at WVU for 10 years across two tenures. He has spent much of his career coaching with Rodriguez, although he elected to remain as the offensive line coach at Jacksonville State rather than follow Rodriguez to WVU this offseason.

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