A familiar face will fill a soon-to-be hole in Mike Leach‘s Washington State coaching staff.
According to the school in a release, Leach has hired Dave Nichol as his outside receivers coach. Nichol will replace Graham Harrell, who is leaving Wazzu following Saturday’s Sun Bowl against Miami to be the offensive coordinator at North Texas.
“Dave has tremendous passion for coaching and recruiting and will be a great addition to Cougar football,” said Leach in a statement. “He brings a great background and a lot of experience. He is familiar with our concepts and how to attack different areas of the field. We’re excited to have him on board.”
The familiarity of concepts comes from Nichol working for Leach at Texas Tech from 2003-05.
The 39-year-old Nichol has spent the past four seasons at East Carolina. After serving as outside receivers coach the first three years with the Pirates, he was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.