Elko announces Holmon Wiggins as A&M's next offensive coordinator

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On Monday, Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko announced that receivers coach Holmon Wiggins will be promoted to offensive coordinator next season.

Wiggins will replace Collin Klein, who has accepted the head coach position at Kansas State. Klein will continue to serve as A&M’s offensive coordinator through the College Football Playoff.

“Some internal housekeeping that I just want to make known to everybody,” Elko said during Monday’s press conference to discuss the upcoming playoff game vs. Miami. “(I) did a pretty extensive offensive coordinator search, talked to five different candidates who were all running offenses at different places across the country, and really felt like the right person for the job was Holmon Wiggins.

“And so we just decided to elevate Holmon Wiggins to offensive coordinator. He’s the only person we offered the position to. He accepted, and so we’re very excited with him leading our offense into the future.

“He’ll do a phenomenal job... We’re really excited about that. I think that’s the absolute best thing for Texas A&M football moving forward.”

Wiggins, 45, has served as A&M receivers coach since last season. He came to A&M from Alabama, where he was assistant head coach and receivers coach.

He’ll face a tall task as Klein’s successor. Under Klein, A&M was ranked 49th in the nation in scoring offense and total offense in 2024.

This season, the Aggies average 36.3 points to rank 14th in the nation in scoring. They average 454.4 yards per game to rank 20th in the nation in total offense.

But Wiggins has played a major role in that success. He’s an excellent recruiter who was largely instrumental in landing star receivers KC Concepcion and Mario Craver in the transfer portal.

They’ve boosted A&M’s passing game to 34th in the nation with an average of 261.8 yards per game. Last season, A&M was ranked 87th in passing offense.

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All-American KC Concepcion is Texas A&M’s leading receiver with 886 yards.

“I think if you would say what is the most improved area on your team, it’s wide receiver talent,” Elko said. “If you were to say what’s the most improved area of your offense, it would be the passing game. Certainly, (Wiggins) plays a key role in all that.

“He plays a role in the accumulation of talent. He plays a role in developing them and coaching them in the schematics that go behind it. I think all of that plays a role in why you’re very comfortable elevating him because you see every day the role that he’s played in making this offense into what it’s become.

“Obviously, that’s not to take anything away from coach Klein and the job he did, but then you see day in and day out the role coach Wiggins had in this.

“I think that’s what made the decision.”