Charlotte 49ers first-year head football coach Will Healy continued to fill out his coaching staff with the announcement of Marcus West as the program's assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator and Sean Dawkins as run-game coordinator and running backs coach. West served as defensive line coach for the Minnesota Gophers this past year while Dawkins was running backs coach at Troy.
West reunites with Healy after spending this past season at Minnesota. The two were assistant coaches together at UT-Chattanooga and Healy brought him to Austin Peay in 2016 as assistant head coach, co-Defensive Coordinator and defensive line coach.