Last Updated on February 9, 2025 2:24 pm
BOONE, N.C. — First-year App State Football head coach Dowell Loggains has completed his inaugural coaching staff for the 2025 season.
Titles and position group responsibility for the staff are as follows:
Dowell Loggains – Head Coach
Clyde Christensen – Associate Head Coach
DJ Smith – Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers
Jeff Crosby – Special Teams Coordinator
Curtis Fuller – Defensive Pass Game Coordinator / Defensive Backs
Aashon Larkins – Offensive Recruiting Coordinator / Running Backs
Anthony Shakir – Defensive Recruiting Coordinator / Edges
Joe Dailey – Wide Receivers
Keith Jones Jr. – Defensive Line
Allen Mogridge – Offensive Line
Riley Watkins – Quarterbacks
Ryan Yurachek – Tight Ends
Matt Greenhalgh – Director of Athletic Performance for Football
Collectively, Loggains and the 12 staff members listed above hold 142 years of college coaching experience and 60 years of NFL coaching experience.
Visit the appstatesports.com roster for the most up-to-date directory of football coaches and support staff.
Loggains was hired on Dec. 7, 2024 as the 23rd head coach in program history after directing the offense for a top-20-ranked South Carolina team that featured the national freshman offensive player of the year in quarterback LaNorris Sellers.
App State has welcomed 32 high school, junior college and transfer portal signees since December as it prepares for the 2025 season.
Fans are invited to check out the 2025 team on April 12 for the “Battle at The Rock” spring game in Kidd Brewer Stadium. Stay tuned for more details.
