West Virginia University Athletics

Tyler Allen is in his first year as the quarterbacks coach at WVU and the fourth year on the Mountaineer Football coaching staff. 

Allen returned to WVU in August 2022 as an offensive analyst and added the title of special assistant to the head coach in the 2023 spring.

During that time, Allen organized, implemented and maintained all aspects of game analysis for the offensive coaching staff and managed the walk-on program. He charted/tracked statistics during practice and competition, analyzed game film and formulated game plans to assist the offensive coaching staff with game preparation. He organized the practice schedule, managed the offensive graduate assistants and student coaches and supported the head coach with recruiting communication. He assisted the head coach and staff with on-campus recruiting operations and oversaw the administration of the offensive plan for the high school coaches clinic.

Prior to returning to WVU, he served as the assistant offensive line coach at Rice in 2022 and was the quarterbacks coach at Jacksonville State for two years (2020-21).

While at Jacksonville State, he was involved in all areas of game planning, helping renovate the pass, run-pass-option and screen game of its offense. He also recruited Atlanta, south Alabama, Mississippi and the Mississippi junior colleges. 

In 2021, the Gamecocks achieved one of the biggest upsets in the school history, defeating Florida State, 20-17, in Tallahassee.

The Gamecocks finished with a 10-3 record in 2020 and won the Ohio Valley Conference championship and were the No. 4 national seed in the NCAA FCS Playoffs, earning a spot in the quarterfinals. His quarterback, Zion Webb, earned all-conference first-team honors.

Allen served as an offensive graduate assistant, working with the Mountaineer quarterbacks from January 2019 until he left in 2020 to become the quarterbacks coach at Jacksonville State. 

Before coming to WVU, he served for a year on Neal Brown’s staff at Troy as a graduate assistant coach, working with the quarterbacks before coming to Morgantown. He also served as an offensive student assistant coach at LSU from 2016-18. He worked with Danny Etling, who was a seventh round draft choice of the New England Patriots.

Allen earned his bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in personal investment at LSU in 2018. Prior to attending LSU, he was a quarterback for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for two years.