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What would Big 12 football coaches do with a 10th assistant coach? Tom Herman, Bob Stoops share

FORT WORTH, Texas -- West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen wishes he could add a 10th assistant coach to his staff right away. So does David Beaty at Kansas.

They will have to wait until after the 2017 season for another full-time assistant, but Big 12 coaches support the measure approved by the NCAA Division I Council and expected to get final approval from the Board of Governors next week.

"It's going to make a big difference for a lot of different reasons," Holgorsen said Tuesday during a spring teleconference with Big 12 coaches. "I just wish it was passed immediately.