Reaction to Penn State hiring new wide receivers coach and a closer look at that position group
Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Penn State found a replacement at wide receivers coach, hiring Colorado State assistant Kashif Moore. We take a closer look at his recent coaching rise at UConn, which included work with an All-American, then examine what awaits him in Happy Valley. Plus, there's a development in Nittany Lions quarterback recruiting.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back into the Lions 24th of the podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | Happy to be with you once again. |
| 0:08.6 | Daniel Gowan and Tyler Caparuso are alongside me. |
| 0:11.5 | I am Tyler Downahue. |
| 0:12.9 | We got you set for another busy week here. |
| 0:14.9 | We're a little bit later in the weekend, |
| 0:16.2 | our first episode to you. |
| 0:17.6 | I was pretty banged up with a nasty head cold the last few days. |
| 0:21.6 | Still kind of banged up with it. But the voice is good enough to chat for a little while |
| 0:25.8 | about Penn State football. Thanks to these guys for up and on to do that. Penn State has its |
| 0:30.8 | next receivers coach. We're going to break that down in detail here during the episode. |
| 0:35.2 | What does it mean for the roster? What does it mean for upcoming |
| 0:37.8 | spring practices? What do we think initially of the hire? I will also talk a little bit later |
| 0:43.4 | here in the show about a development on the recruiting trail regarding one of Penn State's |
| 0:47.6 | primary quarterback targets in the 2027 cycle as well. So stay with us for that. But as I said, we'll begin with the fact that |
| 0:55.8 | after an 11-day wait to figure out who was going to replace Noah Pauley, the initial receivers |
| 1:01.9 | coach brought in by Matt Campbell from Iowa State, who was then poached away by the Green Bay Packers, |
| 1:07.4 | will be coaching in the NFL in 2006. Matt Zen Zenitz of the Savies Sports and 24-7 sports networks reported that Penn State has found |
| 1:17.1 | its replacement, and they are reaching out to Colorado State, although he's only been there |
| 1:22.2 | for a short amount of time. |
| 1:24.7 | And in the end, they're gaining a guy who has some roots to the Northeast, |
| 1:28.5 | has some roots to the, to the mid-Atlantic region as well from a recruiting standpoint. |
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