Morgantown, WV – After losing Chad Scott to the University of Texas, WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez has found his next running backs coach. According to John Brice of FootballScoop, Rodriguez is set to tab Larry Porter as his next running backs coach.
NEWS: West Virginia, Rich Rodriguez are hiring one of college football's top running backs coaches to the Mountaineers staff, sources tell @FootballScoop: https://t.co/V2pFc4Hggp
— John Brice (@JohnDBrice1) March 2, 2025
Porter recently served as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at North Carolina. He is considered to be one of the best available coaches in the nation.
Here´s what Football Scoop had to say about the hire: ¨Porter has a distinguished track record developing running backs, including most recently Omarion Hampton. Himself a former running back at the University of Memphis, Porter has extensive experience in Power Conference programs. He had a long run in the SEC — where he spent a combined nine years in charge of the running backs at first LSU and later Auburn. He also coached running backs for a year at Texas. Porter had been among Mack Brown’s most enduring hires in Brown’s second stint in Chapel Hill; Porter eventually served as both special teams coordinator and running backs coach for the Tar Heels. He became available to West Virginia and Rich Rod, who’s also igniting his second tour in Morgantown, W. Va., after UNC officials hired Bill Belichick to the NFL coaching icon’s first-ever collegiate job.¨
Stay tuned to The Voice of Motown for more updates on the hire!
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