The Texas A&M Aggies have decide on who will probably be calling the photographs on offensive to start the 2026 season.
Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko advised the media on Monday that co-offensive coordinator and vast receivers coach Holmon Wiggins has been promoted because the crew’s new offensive coordinator.
This comes after the departure of Collin Klein, who took the pinnacle teaching job at Kansas State, his alma mater. Klein will stay the play-caller for Texas A&M in the course of the School Soccer Playoff, starting on Saturday at residence towards the Miami Hurricanes.
Who’s Holmon Wiggins?
Wiggins, 45, is a Los Angeles native that performed working again at New Mexico throughout his school days from 1998-2001. He ultimately grew to become a grad assistant for the Lobos earlier than taking roles as a working again coach at Illinois State and Tulsa.
Wiggins then grew to become the vast receivers coach at Memphis in 2012 after which Virginia Tech in 2016.
Wiggins joined Elko’s employees in January 2024 as co-offensive coordinator and vast receivers coach. Earlier than that, he had been the vast receivers coach at Alabama growing 5 first-round vast receivers like DeVonta Smith, Jerry Jeudy, Jaylen Waddle, Henry Ruggs III and Jameson Williams.
Final season on his “New Wave Podcast”, Alabama vast receiver Ryan Williams revealed that Texas A&M was second on his checklist earlier than he dedicated to the Crimson Tide, admitting that Wiggins was almost the tipping level for him to decide on the Aggies.
“Wigs (Wiggins) nearly received me,” Williams stated.
It is clear that Wiggins could have a powerful impression for Texas A&M on the recruiting path transferring ahead.
Elko has already talked about Klein getting the chance to take a leap ahead in his teaching profession.
“It is a large alternative for somebody on our employees to take the following step of their profession,” Elko stated Wednesday afternoon, “And I do all the things I can to help and assist these endeavors.”
Now, Wiggins is attending to do the identical.
Selling the 45-year-old may is among the most sensible paths ahead. For starters, the offensive scheme would stay largely intact, a serious benefit for a returning unit that averaged 36.3 factors per recreation this season.
With Marcel Reed set to return subsequent season, the Aggies ought to ideally be capable to maintain the identical stream occurring offense with vast receivers Mario Craver and Ashton Bethel-Roman anticipated to stay on the roster as effectively.
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