Virginia Tech Football Wide Receivers Coach Aaron Moorehead to Texas A&M

All the wood in Blacksburg has been chopped.

[Mark Umansky]

Virginia Tech Hokies wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead will take the same position with Texas A&M Aggies according to a report from TexAg's Billy Liucci.

Virginia Tech hired Moorehead in 2013 to replace Kevin Sherman as part of Beamer Co.'s offensive staff overhaul. Before he joined the Hokies staff, Moorehead served as a graduate assistant at New Mexico (2009) and as Stanford's offensive assistant for wide receivers (2010-2012).

According to a report from David Teel, Moorehead received a recent bump in base salary from $175,000 in 2014 to $185,500 in 2015. However, Moorehead's base salary in 2015 would have been the lowest among Tech's assistant coaches by $67,310. According to the USA TODAY's NCAA staff salary database, Virginia Tech ranked ninth in 2014 for staff pay total ($3,583,250). However, Bud Foster's $800,000 annuity inflated that number. Without it, Tech would have been 28th overall.

Name 2015 Salary 2014 Salary Appointment Term
Aaron Moorehead $185,500 $175,000 6/30/2015
Cornell Brown $252,810 $238,500 6/30/2016
Shane Beamer $252,810 $238,500 6/30/2016
Stacy Searels $280,900 $265,000 6/30/2016
Torrian Gray $275,600 $260,000 6/30/2015
Charley Wiles $308,990 $291,500 6/30/2016
Br Stinespring $337,080 $318,000 6/30/2016
Scot Loeffler $424,000 $400,000 6/30/2016
Bud Foster $600000 (+$300,000 retention bonus) $1,369,500 12/31/2019

The fact of the matter is, Moorehead's time in Blacksburg has been worth every penny and more. Tech's now tasked to replace one of its best position coaches and top recruiters less than 3 weeks before national signing day. He squeezed 40-plus catch seasons out of Joshua Stanford, Willie Byrn and Demitri Knowles in 2013. He chopped wood on the recruiting trail and helped Tech sign stud receivers Isaiah Ford and Cam Phillips, among other players, on national signing day last February before coaching Ford, Phillips and Byrn to 40-plus receptions this past season.

Virginia Tech offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler, then offensive line coach Jeff Grimes and Moorehead were marketed as a package deal to Hokie Nation. The former two assistants would help Loeffler realized his vision for Virginia Tech's offense. Instead, Grimes and Moorehead accepted promotions outside of Blacksburg, and Loeffler has coordinated an offense that, according to F/+, ranked 91st and 85th in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Given the talent, or lack thereof, inherited by the offensive coaches in 2013, a multi-year rebuild was inevitable. Unfortunately, considering how highly Frank Beamer values the continuity of his coaching staff, I doubt losing Grimes and Moorhead was part of his original blueprint.

It's still too early to deem Beamer's offensive staff shakeup following the 2012 season a failure, but 2015 is the make-or-break season. The new staff will have had two full recruiting cycles to replenish talent, and two seasons to implement its offensive scheme.

Right now, Frank Beamer must find another energetic recruiter and capable position coach to adequately replace Moorehead.

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