Tyron Carrier has been coaching the Mountaineer receivers since 2016. He came to West Virginia after serving as an offensive graduate assistant at Baylor in 2015, working with the Bears’ receivers and returners. 
 
West Virginia boasted two 1,000-yard receivers in 2017, Gary Jennings Jr., who led the unit with 97 catches for 1,096 yards and a touchdown and Ka’Raun White, who finished with 61 catches for 1,004 yards and 12 touchdowns. David Sills V, named to 10 different All-American teams. He tied for the national lead with 18 touchdowns and was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s top receiver. He had 60 catches for 980 yards, and Marcus Simms finished with 35 catches for 663 yards and five touchdowns.
 
The Mountaineer offense ranked No. 3 nationally in fourth-down conversion percentage, No. 13 in passing offense, No. 16 in passing efficiency, No. 20 in total offense and No. 25 in first-down offense and passing yards per completion.
 
In 2016, Shelton Gibson and Daikiel Shorts Jr. earned All-Big 12 Conference Second Team honors and White was named to the Academic All-Conference team. Gibson was No. 4 nationally in yards per reception and No. 47 in receiving touchdowns and receiving yards. Shorts was No. 7 in the Big 12 in receiving yards, No. 10 in receiving yards per game and No. 12 in receptions per game. White was No. 15 in the league in receiving touchdowns, No. 14 in receptions per game and No. 16 in receiving yards per game.
 
The offense ranked No. 17 in total offense, No. 20 in first-down offense, No. 31 in passing efficiency, No. 37 in passing yards per completion and No. 42 in passing offense.
 
In 2015, Baylor boasted one of the top receiving corps in the nation, led by Corey Coleman, a unanimous All-America selection and Biletnikoff Award winner.
 
Carrier was an NCAA record-setting returner in his playing days at Houston. He finished his stellar four-year career tied for the NCAA record with seven kickoff returns for touchdowns. He also set an NCAA record by making two or more receptions in all 53 games of his collegiate career.
 
He ranked No. 2 on the NCAA’s all-time receptions chart (320) and his 7,490 career all-purpose yards rank No. 6 all-time. He finished with 3,459 yards and 22 TDs on receptions, 330 yards and one touchdown rushing and 3,459 yards and seven touchdowns on kick returns.
 
A two-time All-Conference USA selection at wide receiver and kick returner, Carrier earned 2009 All-America honorable mention as a kick returner from Sports Illustrated as a sophomore.
 
Also a track star at UH, Carrier competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, where he ran a 20.54 200-meters. Carrier was a seven-time state champion in relays and 200m individual champion at Worthing High in Houston, where he starred in football and track.
 
Following his collegiate career, Carrier played two seasons for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. He finished No. 5 in the league in 2013 with 1,117 combined return yards and two touchdowns.
 
Carrier earned his bachelor’s degree in retailing and consumer science from Houston in 2011. He and his wife, Alysha, are the parents of three boys, Tyron Jr., Titan and Tatum.