Boise State names new WR coach. He’s led All-Americans, has NFL experience
Boise State football has found its next wide receivers coach in the ACC.
The program announced Alvis Whitted as the WR coach and passing game coordinator on Friday afternoon. He arrives at Boise State after spending the 2025 season as a senior offensive analyst for N.C. State, which finished the year 8-5 and beat Memphis 31-7 in the Gasparilla Bowl.
He replaces Matt Miller, who left BSU in late December to join former Bronco Kirby Moore — both were WRs in Boise — as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Washington State.
“I am extremely thankful and blessed for the amazing opportunity to work with such an elite program that is known for winning championships,” Whitted said in a press release. “I’m ecstatic to work with Coach Danielson and his staff, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to build and shape young men.”
Whitted will bring almost a decade of NFL experience to the table. An N.C. State grad, he played in 123 NFL games between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders, with 74 receptions for 1,030 yards.
He’s also previously coached wide receivers at Colorado State from 2012 to 2018, Wisconsin from 2020 to 2022, and Utah in ‘23 and ‘24.
In his seven seasons with Colorado State, he guided Rashard Higgins, Michael Gallup and Preston Williams to All-American recognition; Higgins and Gallup were both named first-team All-Americans and Biletnikoff Award finalists, which is awarded to the nation’s best wide receiver. All three players were drafted in the NFL.
During his time with Wisconsin, Whitted coached three receivers to an average of 13 yards per reception in 2021, and then three more receivers to an average of 14 yards in 2022. One of those receivers in 2022 was Skyler Bell, who transferred to UConn in 2023 and became a consensus All-American this past season.
Whitted also coached wide receivers at the NFL level with the Green Bay Packers in 2019, when Davante Adams was a Pro Bowler there.
The 51-year-old coach will have mostly a young core of Bronco receivers to work with: upcoming junior Cam Bates, sophomores Quinton Brown and Qumonte Williams Jr., incoming freshman Terrious Favors and redshirt senior Darren Morris, a new transfer from Southern University.
This story was originally published January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM.
