Report: WVU Football Has Found New General Manager

The WVU football program is expected to hire Oklahoma assistant general manager Chuck Lillie as its new general manager, according to 247 Sports.

Like Zac Alley, Lillie will be leaving the Sooners to join the WVU football program.

Prior to Oklahoma, Lillie spent four seasons at Kansas State.

West Virginia is expected to hire Oklahoma assistant general manager Chuck Lillie as its new general manager under new head coach Rich Rodriguez, a source tells @CBSSports/@247Sports.

Before Oklahoma, Lillie worked in the personnel department at Kansas State for four years.… pic.twitter.com/CpTTHtmK0I

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 3, 2025

Below is more information about Lillie from his Kansas State biography page that’s still up on the program’s website.

“Chuck Lillie, a bright young mind in the recruiting and scouting world, is in his fourth season at K-State as a Scouting Analyst in 2023.

In his role, Lillie evaluates film of prospects and assists the football coaches in their recruiting efforts. He also works with Director of Football Recruiting Taylor Braet and the recruiting staff in hosting prospects on campus.

Lillie worked for five seasons at Clemson while obtaining his undergraduate degree, including three seasons in recruiting. He came to Manhattan after serving in the 2019 preseason as a Pro Scouting Intern with the New York Giants before returning to Clemson to serve as a Playoff Analyst for the Tigers’ 2019 campaign.

He earned his start at Clemson as a recruiting assistant from 2015 to 2017 where he developed a very thorough understanding for the Tigers’ unique style of recruiting. He collaborated with coaches and colleagues to create strategies to generate interest in Clemson among all recruits. He also assisted in the hosting of prospects and families while on campus and in the football operations complex.

After graduating from Clemson with a degree in Sports Communication in May 2017, Lillie was a recruiting operations intern for one year before pursuing his master’s degree in Athletic Leadership and serving as a Defensive Graduate Student Intern for the Tigers during their undefeated National Championship run in 2018.

While working on the recruiting side, Lillie assisted coaches and the recruiting department in execution of both day-to-day and big-picture recruiting plans. He worked to identify any unknown prospects and passed those prospects along to coaches to be evaluated further. He also worked directly with the graphic design department to send out personalized graphics to recruits.

Working with the Tiger defensive staff, Lillie assisted coaches with daily preparations for practice, diagramed opponent offensive plays, developed weekly opponent game plans and assisted in weekly opponent breakdown.

In his one summer in East Rutherford, Lillie studied and evaluated NFL players and made cut-up tapes on players for the Giants’ Pro Personnel Department to evaluate. He also monitored the daily NFL waiver wire and managed free agent short lists across all positions. In addition, Lillie wrote advanced scouting reports on upcoming opponents, including team tendencies and personnel packages, and he assisted with all free agent workouts.

Lillie, who also earned his master’s degree in athletic leadership from Clemson in August 2020, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the Boys’ Latin School of Maryland in 2013.”