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Loggains Hires Riley Watkins as Assistant Coach

BOONE, N.C. — App State Football head coach Dowell Loggains announced Thursday the hiring of Riley Watkins as an offensive assistant coach.

Watkins has worked on SEC staffs at Arkansas, Missouri and South Carolina during the last four seasons. He has spent the previous two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant working with quarterbacks and wide receivers at South Carolina, where Loggains was the offensive coordinator in 2023 and 2024.

"Riley has been a huge part of our offensive success at both South Carolina and Arkansas," Loggains said. "We're excited for him to join our staff and to welcome him and his wife, Kaylee, to App State.