West Virginia is set to fill the vacancy on the coaching staff by hiring Coastal Carolina assistant Tony Washington.

The news was first reported by Pete Thamel of ESPN.

Washington was named the wide receivers coach for the Chanticleers in January of 2020.Prior to that Washington served as an offensive graduate assistant at Louisville as well as an offensive quality control coordinator at East Carolina.

A former NFL player for four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots, Washington was a standout at Appalachian State.

Washington will fill the vacancy left behind when former wide receivers coach Gerad Parker took the tight ends job with Notre Dame.

WVSports.com will have more on this news.

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