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Don Nehlen
HC: Bowling Green ('68–'76) · West Virginia ('80–'00)
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Don Nehlen
HC · 1968–2000
PC
Paul Chryst
GA · West Virginia · '90
→ last Wisconsin '22
DA
Dave Aranda
DC · Wisconsin · '15
→ Baylor
JM
Joey McGuire
Assoc. HC/OLB · Baylor · '20
→ Texas Tech
JL
Jim Leonhard
DC · Wisconsin · '21
→ last Wisconsin '22
JW
Justin Wilcox
DC · Wisconsin · '16
→ last California '25
RR
Rich Rodriguez
volunteer asst. · West Virginia · '85
→ West Virginia
BJ
Butch Jones
WR coach · West Virginia · '05–'06
→ Arkansas State
RH
Rob Harley
DC · Arkansas State · '21–'24
→ last Northern Illinois
RS
Rod Smith
OC · Arizona · '15
→ last Illinois '20
SS
Scott Shafer
DC · Michigan · '08
→ last Syracuse '15
TL
Tim Lester
OC · Syracuse · '14
→ last Western Michigan '22
TG
Todd Graham
DC · West Virginia · '02
→ last Hawai'i '21
BB
B. Blankenship
WR coach · Tulsa · '07
→ last Tulsa '14
BN
Billy Napier
OC · Arizona State · '17
→ James Madison
CM
Chad Morris
AHC/OC/QB · Tulsa · '10
→ last Arkansas '19
CL
Chip Lindsey
OC · Arizona State · '16
→ last Troy '21
DL
Dan Lanning
GA · Arizona State · '12
→ Oregon
GJK
G. J. Kinne
OC · Hawaii · '20
→ Texas State
GM
Gus Malzahn
OC · Tulsa · '08
→ last UCF '24
MN
Mike Norvell
OC · Arizona State · '12
→ Florida State
Each box: role · school · overlap years. Bottom line = current job (cyan if active).