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MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University football team continues to fill out its coaching offices and roster welcoming several new faces in both areas.

The Mountaineers announced Monday that they have hired former Coastal Carolina and University of South Florida offensive coordinator Travis Trickett as a senior offensive assistant. Trickett, the son of former WVU offensive line coach Rick Trickett, also spent three seasons (2019-21) as an assistant in Morgantown working with inside receivers and tight ends.

Trickett helped Coastal Carolina to an 8-5 record and a bowl win in 2023, a season where the Chanticleers ranked 19th nationally in completion percentage and 23rd in team passing efficiency. He moved to CCU after one season with USF. He also spent time as offensive coordinator at Georgia State, Florida Atlantic and Samford.

The program also announced over the weekend the hiring of Henry Weinreich as nickels/sams coach, Parker Whiteman as assistant head strength coach and director of skill development and Chuck Lillie as general manager.

Weinreich worked with WVU coach Rich Rodriguez at Jacksonville State as a graduate assistant and defensive analyst before moving to Oklahoma as a defensive analyst under current WVU defensive coordinator Zac Alley. Whiteman was head strength coach at Jacksonville State and has worked with Rodriguez at WVU, Michigan and Arizona.

Lillie was assistant general manager at Oklahoma last season, where he worked with Alley and Weinreich, and was Kansas State’s director of scouting for four seasons prior to that. At West Virginia, he’ll be the lead negotiator on all player acquisition deals, oversee all scouting, recruiting and roster management processes, including high school, junior college and portal recruitment and player retention.

The Mountaineers have been very active in the transfer portal over the last week, grabbing commitments from 16 players. That lineup includes former Colorado State linebacker Chase Wilson, former North Carolina State offensive lineman Robby Martin, former LSU offensive lineman Kimo Makaneole, former Youngstown State offensive lineman Wyatt Minor, former Nevada cornerback Michael Coats Jr., former Washington safety Justin Harrington, former Northern Iowa running back Tye Edwards, former Virginia Union safety William Davis, former Jacksonville State safety Fred Perry, former Tulane kicker Ethan Head, former Akron cornerback Devonte Golden-Nelson, former Jacksonville State cornerback Derek Carter, former Chattanooga safety Jordan Walker, former Arkansas offensive lineman Ty’Kieast Crawford, former Iowa tight end Johnny Pascuzzi and former Wyoming edge Braden Siders.