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Drinkwitz Completes Appalachian State Staff With Hire of Pat Washington as Wide Receivers Coach

Appalachian State head coach Eliah Drinkwitz has shown a knack for luring assistants with tenures at big-name football powerhouses to his initial Mountaineer staff. That trend continued Monday when Pat Washington, a championship-winning coach with more than three decades of collegiate experience, was named as wide receivers coach.

With the addition of Washington, Drinkwitz has finalized all 10 on-field assistant coaching positions.

Appalachian State’s coaching staff appeared to be completed when Drinkwitz announced the hire of Charlie Harbison as a defensive assistant on January 12. He was the tenth hire following the retention of Shawn Clark, D.