Soccer
Mike Montoro
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia College soccer coach Wealthy Rodriguez has introduced that Jake Casteel has been employed because the defensive assistant coach on the Mountaineer teaching employees.
“We’re excited to welcome Jake again dwelling to Morgantown to proceed on our teaching employees because the defensive assistant,” Rodriguez mentioned. “His data, ardour for the sport and robust defensive background will likely be key in serving to us construct a aggressive and hard-nosed protection.”
Jake, son of WVU bandits coach Jeff Casteel, involves West Virginia from Jacksonville State the place he was the defensive analyst and SAM’s coach. The Gamecock linebackers accounted for greater than 240 tackles in 2024 to steer the No. 11 ranked crimson zone protection within the nation. The JSU protection additionally completed No. 16 nationally in turnovers gained with 24.
Earlier than Jacksonville State, Casteel landed his first full-time place at Cal Poly because the linebackers coach and co-special groups coordinator in 2022 after serving stints at West Virginia (2021) and Boise State (2020) as a defensive graduate assistant.
Casteel was a linebacker at Northern Arizona from 2014-18 earlier than launching his teaching profession as a defensive graduate assistant at his alma mater in 2019.
He performed in 44 contests over 4 seasons, making 250 tackles (125 solo), together with a team-leading 90 in 2018. In 2017, he was instrumental on a protection that helped the Lumberjacks earn an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, this system’s first postseason berth since 2013.
He earned his bachelor of science in info methods administration from Northern Arizona in Could 2018 and a grasp’s diploma in academic management in December 2019.
