Soccer
Mike Montoro
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia College soccer coach Wealthy Rodriguez has introduced that Ryan Garrett has been employed because the huge receivers coach on the Mountaineer teaching employees.
“I am excited that Ryan shall be becoming a member of the Mountaineer soccer program because the huge receivers coach,” Rodriguez stated. “I’ve had the chance to work with him for a number of years and have seen his progress as a coach on and off the sphere. He brings a whole lot of power and information to the place, having labored carefully with our receivers over the past three years. He is a good addition to our on-field teaching employees.”
Garrett joins Rodriguez for the third time. He first grew to become a member of his employees as a graduate assistant coach at Louisiana-Monroe in 2021, earlier than serving because the huge receivers coach at Jacksonville State in 2022.
In 2024, he helped lead the Gamecocks to a 9-5 file, the Convention USA championship and a spot in a second straight bowl sport. The JSU offense completed No. 4 in FBS in dashing, No. 6 in first-down offense, No. 8 in passing yards per completion, No. 11 in scoring offense and No. 21 in complete offense.
Garrett’s prime receiver, Cam Vaughn, completed with 49 catches for 804 yards and 5 touchdowns, rating No. 3 in CUSA in yards per reception, No. 6 in receiving yards, No. 8 in landing receptions and No. 9 in catches.
Jacksonville State made historical past in the course of the 2023 season, posting a 9-4 file throughout their first season on the FBS degree and profitable the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Perry Carter earned All-Convention USA Honorable Point out honors after main the Gamecocks in receiving.
Carter averaged 17.74 yards per catch in the course of the common season, which was third in CUSA. He completed the yr with 672 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns.
In Garrett’s first season at Jax State in 2022, he helped information the Gamecocks to a 9-2 file that included a 5-0 mark in convention play and the 2022 ASUN Convention title. The Gamecocks had one of the environment friendly offenses within the nation, rating No. 5 nationally in yards per reception and No. 10 in scoring offense. Fourteen completely different Gamecocks caught at the least one cross in 2022, whereas 9 of these discovered the top zone at the least as soon as.
In 2021, he helped the Warhawks head coach and former Mountaineer Terry Bowden lay the inspiration for a turnaround of their program after they inherited a staff that had gone winless the season earlier than.
Garrett spent the 2020 season because the cross sport coordinator and huge receivers coach at West Virginia State beneath coach John Pennington, a former receiver for Rodriguez at WVU.
He began his teaching profession at Ole Miss, the place he started as a scholar assistant and ultimately served as an offensive graduate assistant working with the Rebels’ quarterbacks beneath Rodriguez in 2019. That season, the Rebels ranked third in complete offense within the SEC, averaging 445.3 yards per sport, behind solely Alabama and LSU.
Garrett graduated from North Henderson Excessive College (Hendersonville, N.C.) the place he was captain of the soccer staff and was named all-conference as a large receiver. He performed faculty of Emory & Henry School (Virginia) for a yr earlier than transferring to Ole Miss and getting into the teaching occupation.
