PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Head Football Coach Mike Leach announced Tuesday that Kendrick Shaver has been added to the Cougar football staff and will coach safeties.

“Kendrick Shaver is an outstanding coach that has coached several different positions along the defense in his career,” said Leach. “He called the defense at Utah State for the past two years, he brings constant energy to practice, and has the reputation of being a tremendous recruiter. We are fortunate to have a coach and person of his caliber join our program.”

Shaver recently completed his seventh season at Utah State, second as the co-defensive coordinator. Throughout his time at Utah State, Shaver spent six seasons coaching in the secondary before working with outside linebackers in 2017.

During his seven years at Utah State, Shaver has been part of a Utah State program that played in a school-record six-straight bowl games, to go along with a 2012 Western Athletic Conference championship.

During his time at Utah State, Shaver, who was named FootballScoop.com’s Co-Defensive Backs National Coach of the Year in 2012, mentored current NFL player Nevin Lawson of Detroit. He also has coached All-Americans Will Davis (2012) and Lawson (2013), while two Utah State cornerbacks have been selected in the NFL Draft: Davis in the third round (93rd pick) of the 2013 NFL Draft by Miami and Lawson in the fourth round (133rd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft by Detroit.

Shaver, who graduated from Missouri State with a bachelor’s degree in business in 2002 and went on to earn his master’s degree in physical education in 2005 from Eastern Kentucky, served an NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Oakland Raiders in 2014.

Washington State Football added offensive lineman Keenan Forbes to the 2018 Signing Class, head coach Mike Leach announced Saturday.

Forbes (6-4, 335) played the 2017 season at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kan. where he appeared in all 11 games. The Miami, Fla. native redshirted the 2016 season at Iowa State University before joining CCC. Forbes played his high school ball at Everglades High School where he earned All-State second team honors and was rated a three-star prospect and the sixth-best offensive lineman in Florida by 247Sports.com.

Forbes enrolled at WSU earlier this week and will participate in spring practice. He has three years of eligibility remaining.

Information release courtesy of WSU Athletics