Texas Tech football fans hardly had time to learn the name of Jovon Bouknight before the wide receivers coach hired by Matt Wells to his initial staff left West Texas Wednesday for the same position at Oregon. That has opened the door for a much more familiar name to return to the program as former standout wide receiver Joel Filani has been hired to replace Bouknight.
Since 2016, Filani has coached receivers at North Texas under former Red Raider assistant coach Seth Littrell. Prior to that, he coached receivers under Mike Leach at Washington State and was a graduate assistant at Boise State.