Derek Redd

Wheeling

Managing Editor at The Intelligencer (Doylestown, PA)

Managing Editor at News-Register

Managing Editor, The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. Appreciator of good food/music/movies/TV.

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Marshall University President Brad D. Smith talks future of West Virginia at Wheeling Chamber event

2 weeks ago | wvnews.com | Derek Redd

WHEELING — There are plenty of things happening at Marshall University that will allow it to help push the state of West Virginia into a bright future, MU President Brad Smith told an audience in Wheeling on Thursday afternoon. And the concepts born on that Huntington campus can be implemented all over the Mountain State.
WVU Football Notebook: Jacksonville State transfers helping transition for the Mountaineers

Mar 30, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

MORGANTOWN – Playing for West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez is a new experience for most of the members of the Mountaineer roster – but not for all of them. Several players on this spring’s roster know what it’s like getting guidance from Rodriguez. They played for him at his last stop at Jacksonville State. And those JSU transfers have been essential in helping the rest of the team learn Rodriguez’s system and tendencies a lot quicker.
WVU Football Notebook: Mountaineers return to spring practice

Mar 26, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

Spring break ended Tuesday for West Virginia University football players, as they returned to spring practice and the home stretch of that period. WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez said that, for his staff, there wasn’t much of a break.
New WVU WR coach Ryan Garrett surveying the field

Mar 25, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

MORGANTOWN – Looking for a depth chart for West Virginia University’s wide receiver corps? New receivers coach Ryan Garrett said not to expect one just yet. “We don’t have any starters,” Garrett said, “and we’re not playing a game next week.”Garrett is in his first spring with the Mountaineers – and so are many of the players he’s coaching. And those who have returned from last season will need to take on much larger roles than they have in the past. Garrett is unfazed.
Plenty of WVU running backs getting looks this spring

Mar 19, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

The running back room for West Virginia University’s football team is stacked with mostly unknown commodities, at least when it comes to how they’ll perform for the Mountaineers. Meanwhile, the one proven player has spent most of the spring practice season healing from injuries. That has meant that a lot of different runners have been able to show their wares in front of new WVU coach Rich Rodriguez, and Rodriguez said that has been a benefit for him and the rest of the offensive staff.
WVU roster decisions won’t be easy for Rodriguez

Mar 16, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University football players will be away from campus for the next week for spring break. WVU coach Rich Rodriguez said it will give him and his coaches the chance to more deeply discuss the players on their roster – and some who may not be on their roster yet. Rodriguez said the Mountaineers will be players in the post-spring transfer portal, as they try to shore up talent and build the best roster to debut Aug. 30 against Robert Morris.
Jeff Casteel happy to be back on WVU coaching staff

Mar 14, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

MORGANTOWN – The chance to coach on the same staff as his son was enough for Jeff Casteel to emerge from retirement and rejoin the West Virginia University football team. Casteel, the former defensive coordinator at WVU during some of its most successful years, is coaching bandits this season for head coach Rich Rodriguez. He’s thankful for the opportunity to get back onto the sideline as much as he’s thankful for the opportunity to coach with his son Jake, an assistant on the defensive staff.
WVU Football Notebook: Preston Fox returns to the Mountaineers' roster

Mar 12, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University football team added a name to its wide receiver room – a familiar one it had only to look to last year’s roster to find. WVU coach Rich Rodriguez confirmed that Preston Fox had rejoined the team and was practicing with the Mountaineers on Monday. Fox announced his retirement from football after the 2024 season, but had a change of heart and contacted Rodriguez to see if there was a spot for him on the team.
WVU Football Notebook: Larry Porter named new WVU RB coach

Mar 9, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

A highly decorated veteran assistant coach is joining the West Virginia University football coaching staff to guide the Mountaineer running backs. WVU announced Thursday afternoon that Larry Porter, most recently the running backs coach at the University of North Carolina, will be the new RB coach in Morgantown. Porter replaces Chad Scott, who left WVU to become running backs coach at the University of Texas.
Bicknell ready to grind as WVU OL coach

Mar 7, 2025 | journal-news.net | Derek Redd

As a player, Jack Bicknell Jr. never could beat the West Virginia University football team. But that didn’t stop him from joining the Mountaineers as their new offensive line coach. Bicknell brings a well-traveled veteran presence – that has also been felt on coaching staffs in the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and the NFL – to Morgantown as a part of head coach Rich Rodriguez’s new staff.