Ex-UW RB Coach Bhonapha Leaves Boise State for Oregon State

Keith Bhonapha, former College of Washington running-backs coach, was all set to face the Huskies within the season opener on Sept. 2 in Seattle. That little reunion shall be delayed two months and occur in Corvallis. 

On Friday, Bhonapha left Boise State for Oregon State — each UW opponents this coming season — widening the Pac-12 footprint for Jimmy Lake coaches on the rebound.

Fourteen months in the past, Bhonapha left the UW after eight seasons as soon as Lake was fired and all however one member of that ill-fated teaching workers was dismissed, bringing Kalen DeBoer and his hand-picked assistants to Montlake.

It was considerably of a shock that Bhonapha left Boise State this time as a result of he as soon as was a Broncos operating again and was in his second teaching stint at his alma mater, beforehand having spent 2009-13 on Chris Petersen’s workers and final season with Andy Avalos. 

But it was not all that uncommon that he made the change contemplating his long-term relationship with Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith.

Bhonapha and Smith coached collectively as assistants at Boise State for 2 seasons and on the UW for 4 extra. He’ll be part of Smith’s workers with the shared title of assistant head coach and running-backs coach.

As soon as he faces the Huskies once more on Nov. 18 at newly transformed Reser Stadium, Bhonapha, whose specialty stays recruiting Texas operating backs, will discover that each one of his beforehand imported rushers in Jay’Veon Sunday, Caleb Berry and Emeka Megwa, have left the UW in his wake.

With Bhonapha returning to the convention, six of the 12 convention faculties, together with the UW, now have a former Lake assistant on workers. 

The others are Junior Adams, Oregon receivers coach; Ikaika Malloe, UCLA edge-rushers coach; Bob Gregory, Stanford safeties coach; Terrence Brown, California defensive-backs coach; and Scott Huff, Husky offensive-line coach for DeBoer.

Of the opposite Lake assistants, Will Harris and Rip Rowan joined Georgia Southern because the defensive coordinator and defensive-line coach, respectively; John Donovan, Lake’s offensive coordinator, returned to the NFL as a top quality defensive coach for the Inexperienced Bay Packers; and tight-ends coach Derham Cato left teaching altogether. 

Lake, in fact, has not accepted a brand new job, although indications are he might find yourself within the NFL quickly.

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