Morgan State head football coach Tyrone Wheatley is leaving to become the running backs coach for the NFL’s Denver Broncos.
Wheatley confirmed to the Baltimore Sun newspaper Monday that he intends to join the staff of new Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett.
“To be back with Coach Hackett and the things he’s trying to do, I want to be a head coach in the NFL,” Wheat- ley told The Sun. “Not that he’s giv- ing me the opportunity and chance to be that, you can’t pass that up.”
Wheatley was 5-18 overall in two full seasons at Morgan State. His mark against Mid Eastern Athletic Conference competition was 3-10. The Bears finished tied for sixth in his first season, 2019, and was in a two-way tie for sixth this past season. The Bears sat out the 2020 season because of COVID-19 concerns. Hackett and Wheatley, 50, have coached together at three stops.
When Wheatley was the running backs coach at Syracuse from 2010 to 2012, Hackett was the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks/tight ends coach in 2010 and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks/tight ends coach in 2011 and 2012.
When Wheatley coached the running backs for the Buffalo Bills from 2013 to 2014, Hackett was their offensive coordinator for those two years. When Wheatley served in the same role with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2017 to 2018, Hackett was their offensive coordinator.