Soccer
Michael Fragale
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia College soccer coach Wealthy Rodriguez has introduced the hiring of Travis Trickett because the senior offensive assistant on the Mountaineer teaching employees.
Trickett frolicked on the Mountaineer soccer employees from 2019-21 as tight ends and inside receivers coach earlier than turning into the offensive coordinator at USF. He spent the final two seasons at Coastal Carolina as offensive coordinator.
He helped the Chanticleers to an 8-5 report and a bowl win in 2023. Coastal ranked nineteenth within the nation in completion proportion and twenty third in workforce passing effectivity.
Trickett went to Coastal after serving one season at South Florida because the Bulls’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2022. In his lone season, he oversaw enchancment within the Bulls’ offensive manufacturing regardless of guiding an offense that had a first-year main ball provider, three completely different beginning quarterbacks and 14 members of the two-deep miss all or elements of the season.
Trickett orchestrated main enhancements at USF in complete offense, dashing offense, scoring offense, third-down conversions, red-zone conversions, cross effectivity and passing touchdowns.
Throughout his three years at West Virginia, the Mountaineer offense improved annually, and he mentored Winston Wright at receiver and Mike O’Laughlin at tight finish. In 2020, the Mountaineers had one of the vital improved offenses within the nation when it comes to complete yards, exhibiting features of greater than 60 yards dashing per sport, 30 yards passing, greater than 90 yards of complete offense and 7 extra factors per sport in a 6-4 season that completed with a win within the Liberty Bowl.
Previous to West Virginia, Trickett was the offensive coordinator at Georgia State (2017-18), the place he helped the Panthers end with a school-record seven wins and their first successful season on the FBS degree. In 2016 as Florida Atlantic’s offensive coordinator, his unit set FAU season information for dashing yards, yards per carry and dashing touchdowns. He labored at Samford from 2011-15 and coached three completely different positions, turned the offensive coordinator and helped the Bulldogs to 5 straight successful seasons, a Southern Convention championship and NCAA FCS playoff berth in 2013.
Trickett began his teaching profession as a pupil assistant at West Virginia from 2003-06 earlier than spending a 12 months as a graduate assistant at Alabama and two years as graduate assistant at Florida State, engaged on the teaching staffs of Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Nick Saban and Wealthy Rodriquez in his younger profession.
A local of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Trickett earned his bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration and advertising from West Virginia in 2007 and his grasp’s diploma from Florida State in sports activities administration in 2009.
Trickett, and his spouse, Tiffany, additionally a WVU graduate with a bachelor’s diploma in nursing, have three kids, Maverick, Camilla and Holden.
