There’s been a somewhat surprising shakeup to Major Applewhite‘s first coaching staff at Houston.
The football program announced Friday that Darrell Wyatt had stepped down from his post as Cougars’ wide receivers coach “to pursue other career opportunities,” although there are rumors that the assistant had been dismissed. In the same release, UH also confirmed that Kenny Guiton has been hired as Wyatt’s replacement.
“We’re very appreciative of Darrell’s contributions over the last 15 months and certainly wish him well,” said Applewhite in a statement. “We are excited for Kenny’s return to our program and know he’ll be welcomed by both our current and future student-athletes.”
The hiring of Guiton is a return of sorts as he had spent the past two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant working with UH’s receivers. In December he left to join ex-UH coach Tom Herman at Texas as a quality control coach for receivers. He spent four months in that job.
Guiton played his college ball at Ohio State, with Herman serving as the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator the quarterback’s last two seasons in Columbus.