Mississippi State announces hiring of App State OC Kevin Barbay to same position in Starkville

Mississippi State has introduced that it has discovered its offensive play-caller.

Kevin Barbay, most just lately the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Appalachian State, will take the identical place with the Bulldogs, per a press launch on Thursday. Sports activities Illustrated’s Ross Dellinger was the first to report the information {that a} deal was coming collectively.

“Kevin Barbay is an revolutionary rising star in school soccer,” Mississippi State head coach Zach Arnett stated in a press release. “He’s an outside-of-the-box thinker with an excellent Xs and Os thoughts. His offenses have confirmed to be inventive, environment friendly and explosive, and his attacking offensive philosophy will probably be a wonderful match for our program.”

Barbay oversaw a Mountaineers offense that averaged 34.9 factors a sport, 2nd within the Solar Belt behind James Madison and rating inside the highest 25 in FBS. They rushed for 205.9 yards per sport — 2nd within the convention and twenty first within the nation — whereas rating 4th within the SBC in passing yardage per sport (250.9).

Per the MSU launch, the Mountaineers ranked within the prime 25 in yards per play and yards per dashing try, in addition to prime 10 nationally in performs that went for 40 or extra yards (21).