Former Mountaineer receiver Ryan Nehlen has served as the offensive analyst for the football program since 2018.
Nehlen organizes, implements and maintains all aspects of game analysis for the offensive coaching staff. He analyzes game film and formulates game plans to assist the offensive coaching staff with game preparation.
Nehlen returned to Morgantown after serving as a graduate assistant coach for two years at Michigan. He worked with the offensive staff during the 2016 season and the defensive staff during the 2017 season. The Wolverines won 10 games during the 2016 season.
Prior to arriving in Ann Arbor, he had a short stint as an offensive graduate assistant at Marshall and was the receivers coach for Glenville State during the 2015 season. He worked as a graduate assistant coach at Akron during the 2014 season.
He was a two-year letterman at wide receiver for the West Virginia University. Nehlen contributed to a successful offense and a team that held a 10-3 record in 2011 and a 7-6 record in 2012.
He was honored with All-Academic Team honors from the Big East (2011) and Big 12 (2012) during his career.
Nehlen earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from WVU in 2012. He and his wife, Micah, have a daughter, Penelope. He is the son of WVU football equipment manager Dan Nehlen and the grandson of Hall of Fame and former WVU head coach Don Nehlen.
