At least for now, Neal Brown won’t be doing any shakeup of his West Virginia football coaching staff.
Late last month, West Virginia football player Kerry Martin penned a lengthy statement that he posted on Twitter in which he alleged the mistreatment of himself and his teammates by WVU assistant Vic Koenning. A short time later, the Mountaineers placed the defensive coordinator on administrative leave. Shortly thereafter, West Virginia released a letter from head football coach Neal Brown. In it, Brown describes himself as “sick about today’s events,” writing that he “first learned about Kerry’s stated concerns via Twitter.”
A subsequent apology from Koenning apparently wasn’t enough as, in the middle of last week, WVU announced that the program and Koenning had mutually agreed to part ways. Nearly a week later, the Mountaineers “announced that the... defensive coaching staff will share responsibilities by committee for the 2020 season.”
From the program’s release:
“Given the timing and unique circumstances surrounding the pandemic, we are going to divide responsibilities and use a committee approach,” Brown said in a statement. “We are promoting Jeff Casteel to an on-the-field position and know he will be a great contributor. We have an outstanding group of defensive coaches, and I have the utmost confidence in their ability.”
Casteel had returned to the West Virginia football program earlier this year as a defensive analyst.
