Report: WVU Football to Retain RB Coach Chad Scott

New WVU football coach Rich Rodriguez will retain running backs coach Chad Scott, according to a report by Mike Casazza of 247Sports on Tuesday. It was initially reported that Rodriguez was not expected to retaining any of the previous staff other than tight ends coach Blaine Stewart.

Chad Scott came to WVU in 2019 along with former head coach Neal Brown and has been a well-liked and effective running backs coach ever since. He has also served as co-offensive coordinator (2019-21), run game coordinator (2022-23) and offensive coordinator (2024). Scott was the team’s interim head coach for the Frisco Bowl last month.

Since coming to WVU, Scott helped develop Leddie Brown into a back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher in 2020 and 2021 and recruited and developed the tandem of CJ Donaldson and Jahiem White that produced over 1,500 combined yards each of the last two seasons. Donaldson announced his transfer to Ohio State on Monday, but White has not yet announced his plans for the future. The retention of Scott would seemingly increase the likelihood White stays with the Mountaineers.

Scott has done all of his work at WVU the old-school way, not making use of the transfer portal. All of WVU’s running backs during his tenure have been high school recruits that Scott signed and developed. That includes Donaldson, who came to WVU as a tight end and was moved to running back.

In addition to Scott and Stewart, it has been reported that Rodriguez will bring two Jacksonville State offensive assistant coaches with him to WVU, Ryan Garrett and Michael Nysewander. Rodriguez still needs an offensive line coach as Rick Trickett will be staying with Jacksonville State to coach with his son, former WVU quarterback Clint Trickett, and former WVU offensive line coach Matt Moore was hired by Virginia Tech on Monday.

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