Penn State football makes it official, hires new wide receivers coach. Again
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.
- Penn State hires Kashif Moore as wide receivers coach after Noah Pauley’s exit.
- Moore coached three seasons at UConn and worked with All‑American Skyler Bell.
- Moore faces task of rebuilding underperforming Nittany Lions receiving corps in 2026.
Penn State officially has a new wide receivers coach.
Former UConn assistant coach Kashif Moore was announced as the Nittany Lions’ WRs coach on Tuesday. He replaces the highly touted Noah Pauley, who initially followed head coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State to Penn State, before bolting in less than two months to become the Green Bay Packers’ wide receivers coach.
Moore spent the last three seasons coaching the UConn Huskies, including All-American wideout Skyler Bell the last two. But Moore is technically coming from Colorado State, where he was hired in December as the pass-game specialist and WRs coach under Jim Mora Jr.
Moore, who also played wideout at UConn from 2008-2011, is a New Jersey native familiar with the Northeast. His most impressive credential is likely coaching Bell, who became UConn’s first-ever consensus All-American and Biletnikoff Award finalist.
He comes at a crucial time for the Nittany Lions’ position group. Penn State’s wide receivers have underachieved the last few seasons, and Pauley was revered as the right man for the job — until he left for the NFL.
Now, Moore will be asked to transform the room into a respectable one.
“It’s an honor and privilege!” Moore said on X. “Thankful.”
Penn State’s hire of Moore was expected for about a week. CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz first reported the hire on Feb. 16, and the Centre Daily Times’ Jon Sauber confirmed it later that day.
After playing at UConn and bouncing around NFL teams as an undrafted free agent, Moore didn’t immediately go into coaching. But, in 2019, he took the jump and spent two seasons coaching preps as an assistant coach.
From there, he went to Wesleyan (2020, wide receivers); then Cornell (2021, running backs); Albany (2022, wide receivers); and UConn (2023-2025, wide receivers). And now, of course, he’s in Happy Valley.
