BOONE, N.C. – Justin Watts has been elevated to assistant head coach, App State head football coach Shawn Clark announced Wednesday.
Entering his seventh season as an App State assistant, Watts will continue to serve as the program's recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach.
Watts has helped the Mountaineers capture four Sun Belt championships (2016-19) and become the first FBS program to win six straight bowl games in its first six years of bowl eligibility (2015-20).
Watts spent four seasons (2015-18) as the Mountaineers' wide receivers coach and coached the tight ends in both 2019, when App State had a top-10 scoring offense en route to a 13-1 record and Top 20 ranking in the final polls, as well as 2020, when App State went 9-3.