Washington State has hired former Minnesota defensive line coach Jeff Phelps to replace Joe Salave’a as defensive line coach, according to CougFan.com, which broke the news Friday morning. The Seattle Times has since confirmed the news through independent sources.
Phelps, 40, has coached the defensive linemen at Minnesota from 2011-16, and helped lead the Gophers to a 17-12 win over WSU in last December’s Holiday Bowl. Phelps lost his job last month when the Gophers’ staff was fired and head coach Tracy Claeys was replaced by P.J. Fleck from Western Michigan.
A Chicago, Ill. native, Phelps has spent his entire career in the Midwest.