Multiple San Jose State coaches rumored to be joining Arizona football's staff under first-year head coach Brent Brennan have been removed from SJSU's staff directory.
The Wildcats are expected to hire former San Jose State running backs coach Alonzo Carter, offensive line coach Josh Oglesby, tight ends coach Matt Adkins and defensive line coach Joe Seumalo.
Carter, a Oakland, California native and longtime coach in the Bay Area native, coached running backs at SJSU since Brennan's first season with the Spartans in 2017. San Jose State senior running back Kairee Robinson finished second in the Mountain West in rushing with 1,194 yards and a conference-best 18 touchdowns this past season. Junior running back Quali Conley, who entered the transfer portal on Monday, finished seventh in the Mountain West with 842 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2019, Carter was the 247Sports.com Mountain West Recruiter of the Year.
Before San Jose State, Carter was a head coach for 18 years at Berkeley High School and McClymonds High School in the Bay Area and held a 129-69-3 all-time record. Carter was later the head coach at Contra Costa College, a junior college in Northern California.
When Carter attended Cal State Hayward, he became a backup dancer for MC Hammer and received a multi-platinum record for “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em," which sold over 10 million copies.
Oglesby, a Milwaukee native, was an All-Big Ten offensive lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers, and then became a graduate assistant at Wisconsin, before taking on quality control positions at Oregon State and UTEP. He also coached tight ends for the San Antonio Commanders of the ceased Alliance of American Football (AAF) and offensive line for the XFL's Seattle Dragons.
Oglesby coached San Jose State's offensive line for four seasons and helped SJSU left tackle Jack Snyder become the first San Jose State offensive lineman to receive All-Mountain West honors in eight years during the 2022 season.
Adkins coached first-team All-Mountain West tight end Josh Oliver, a third-round pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Adkins spent the first two years of his six-year stint at SJSU as a graduate assistant. Projected starter and third-year tight end Keyan Burnett removed his name from the transfer portal on Monday and joined longtime teammates in quarterback Noah Fifita, wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan and linebacker Jacob Manu in staying at Arizona.
Before coaching, Seumalo was a defensive lineman at Hawaii under former Arizona head coach Dick Tomey; he played two seasons under the late coaching icon in 1985 and '86, before Tomey left for the UA to replace Larry Smith.
In 2022, Seumalo coached two Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year winners in three seasons between SJSU defensive ends Viliami Fehoko Jr. and Cade Hall. San Jose State ended the '22 season ranked fifth nationally, averaging 3.27 sacks per game. Seumalo has also held coaching roles at Arizona State, UNLV, Oregon State and Cal Poly; he coached under Tomey for one season at San Jose State in 2005.
Carter, Oglesby, Adkins and Seumalo join wide receivers coach and former UA standout Bobby Wade and longtime defensive assistant Duane Akina as on-field coaches.
Arizona head coach Brent Brennan sat down with the Arizona Daily Star at Davis Sports Center. (Video by Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star)
