Colorado State University Athletics
Mike Bobo retains Alvis Whitted to inaugural staff
1/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State head football coach Mike Bobo announced on Friday afternoon that he has retained wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted. Bobo has now filled seven coaching spots and the director of football operations role.
“I am excited to announce that we have retained Alvis Whitted to our staff,” Bobo said. “He has done a great job with the wide receivers since coming to Colorado State and that is something we couldn’t lose. It is important that we continue the tradition of the program, and Alvis has played a key role these past few years for Colorado State.”
In 2014, Whitted’s wide receivers caught 215 of the 286 completed passes, including 96 from Biletnikoff finalist Rashard Higgins. Higgins, who was a consensus All-American, set single-season CSU records for receptions (96), receiving yards (1,750) and receiving touchdowns (17). He led the nation in receiving touchdowns and receiving yards per game (145.8).
With the help of Whitted’s receivers, the Rams’ offense set the school single-season record for total offense yards per game (480.9), which ranked 18th nationally. 321.6 of those yards came through the air, giving CSU the eighth-best passing attack among FBS teams.
Whitted came to CSU in February of 2012 after a brief stay at Appalachian State, following a year as offensive quality-control assistant on Rick Neuheisel's UCLA staff in 2011.
At UCLA, Whitted worked with wide receivers and special teams, and helped prepare the offense for games by heading the defensive scout team.
Before moving to Pasadena, Whitted spent the 2010 season at Division III Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., as wide receivers coach. There, he began to launch recruiting ties throughout the Southeastern U.S., and coached senior Michael Galatas, a first-team all-conference selection and the league Special Teams Player of the Year.
Following an impressive NFL playing tenure, Whitted began his coaching career as a high-school assistant at his alma mater, Orange High School in Hillsborough, N.C., from 2008-09.
Selected by Tom Coughlin and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round (192nd overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, Whitted played for three teams, including the Atlanta Falcons (2001) and Oakland Raiders (2002-06). In addition to Coughlin, who would go on to win two Super Bowls, Whitted's NFL head coaches included Dan Reeves, Norv Turner and Art Shell. He played under coaching staffs that included Dom Capers, Wade Phillips, Jim Harbaugh, Bobby Petrino, Frank Gansz and Dick Jauron.
Whitted is married to Tracy Ljone, who serves as a strength and conditioning coach and professor of sports management and health education at Colorado State.
