Texas State football will indeed have a decidedly Spavital feel to it next fall.
Late last month, West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital was confirmed as the next head football coach at the Sun Belt Conference school. Thursday, the Bobcats confirmed that Zac Spavital, the head coach’s brother, will join the Bobcats as defensive coordinator.
Introducing our new Defensive Coordinator @ZSpavital! Welcome to San Marcos. #EatEmUpCats pic.twitter.com/hEarDaiAJt
— Texas State Football (@TXSTATEFOOTBALL) December 6, 2018
Zac Spavital spent the past four seasons as the linebackers coach at Texas Tech. This past season, he added co-defensive coordinator duties as well
With Spavital’s hiring, it appears further likely that Matt Wells won’t retain any of Kliff Kingsbury‘s Tech assistants on his new Tech coaching staff.
In addition to his time at Tech, Spavital also spent the 2008-14 seasons as the defensive backs coach at Houston as well as the 2005-07 seasons as a graduate assistant working with defensive backs at Oklahoma.
