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Texas State hires West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital

West Virginia's Jake Spavital will replace Texas State Football Coach Everett Withers, who was fired earlier this month.

SAN MARCOS, Texas — The third head coach for Texas State University in the Football Bowl Subdivision era of the Bobcat football program will be Jake Spavital.

Texas State University confirmed the hire Wednesday on Twitter.

Spavital spent three seasons at Texas A&M on Kevin Sumlin's staff before spending one season at the University of California. He returned to the University of West Virginia to become Dana Holgorsen's offensive coordinator in 2017.

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Spavital was the Mountaineers quarterbacks coach in 2012. He will now succeed Everett Withers, who was recently fired after three seasons as the Bobcats' head coach.

We will continue to update this story as information from Texas State becomes available.

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