Chad Bumphis Returns to Utah as Wide Receivers Coach
University of Utah Athletics••sports
Key Points:
- Chad Bumphis has been named the wide receivers coach for the Utah football program, returning after coaching the same position with the Utes during the 2021-22 seasons.
- Bumphis spent the past three years coaching wide receivers at Mississippi State, where he developed standout players like Brenen Thompson and Kevin Coleman Jr., both earning All-SEC honors.
- Under Bumphis' guidance, Mississippi State's wide receiver group achieved significant success in 2023, including record-setting performances and high yardage totals.
- Bumphis has a strong coaching background, including stints at Austin Peay, Buffalo, and Iowa Wesleyan, and was a notable player himself at Mississippi State, holding several school receiving records.
- He expressed enthusiasm about rejoining
