Darrell Wyatt will begin his first season with the Golden Eagles as the team's associate head coach as well as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

He was a member of the Arizona Wildcats staff last season as the wide receivers/passing game coordinator coach. In his lone season, the Wildcats ranked No. 10 nationally in passing yards per game (308.5) as Mike Thomas was the leading receiver for U of A with 1,038 yards and 11 touchdowns.

A 19-year coaching veteran, Wyatt began his career at Trinity Valley Community College, where he also played two seasons as a wide receiver. He later earned his bachelor's degree from Kansas State, where he played in 1987-88. He returned to Trinity Valley for three years as an assistant coach after graduating from KSU and his 1991 team won the Texas Junior College Conference championship.

He then moved on to Sam Houston State where he coached the receivers for three seasons. His next stop was a year at Wyoming in 1995, where he helped guide All-American Marcus Harris, who had 78 catches for 1,433 yards, followed by a year as the receivers coach at Baylor in 1996.

Wyatt then moved to Kansas, where he worked for four seasons as the receivers coach and eventual offensive coordinator and associate head coach. After the Jayhawks, Wyatt moved to Oklahoma State for the 2001 campaign and then was hired by Oklahoma, where he spent four years with the Sooners (2002-05) in overseeing the receivers as well as becoming passing game coordinator for the 2005 year. After a year in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings as receiver coach, brought Wyatt to the Arizona Wildcats.

Wyatt, and wife, Cindy, have one son, Demsond, and one daughter, Charese.