LOGAN, Utah – Utah State head football coach Blake Anderson on Friday announced several changes among the coaching staff and football operations.

New additions to the coaching staff include Blaise Taylor (senior defensive analyst), Derrick Nsubuga (defensive graduate assistant), Brandon Bowling (offensive graduate assistant), Cob Summers (offensive graduate assistant), JT May (director of internal operations), Chris Dunlap (director of equipment) and Kevin Goodwin (director of player personnel/recruiting).

Mitchell White, who was hired in March as Utah State's safeties coach, was promoted to defensive passing game coordinator/cornerbacks at the conclusion of spring camp.

White, who has five years of coaching experience, joined Utah State after spending the 2022 season as the cornerbacks coach at Stephen F. Austin, where he helped the Lumberjacks win the Western Athletic Conference championship. White was part of an SFA defense that ranked among the best at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level last season, forcing 19 turnovers with 11 interceptions and eight fumbles, and recorded a pair of defensive touchdowns.

Under White, SFA had nine defenders earn all-WAC honors. Before joining Stephen F. Austin, White coached at Notre Dame College (2021), University of Mary (2020), the University of Findlay (2019) and the Montreal Alouettes (2018).

A four-year letterwinner (2009-12) at Michigan State, White appeared in 43 career games and helped the Spartans win the 2010 Big Ten Championship. He also competed in track & field at MSU.

Following his collegiate career, White spent six years in professional football, including in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders (2013) and Philadelphia Eagles (2017). He also played four years in the Canadian Football League and won back-to-back Grey Cups with the Ottawa Redblacks (2016) and Toronto Argonauts (2017). During the 2016 campaign, he was named a CFL East All-Star.

Ethan Morriss, who is in his third year at Utah State, was promoted to safeties coach after spending the 2021 and 2022 campaigns as a defen­sive analyst and senior defen­sive analyst, respectively.

Morriss came to Utah State after spend­ing two seasons (2019-20) at Arkansas State as a defensive graduate assistant. In 2019, he helped the Red Wolves to an 8-5 record and a win in the Camellia Bowl. Prior to Arkansas State, Morriss spent two seasons (2017-18) at Harding University as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs. During his two seasons with the pro­gram, the Bisons posted a combined 20-7 re­cord and advanced to the NCAA DII playoffs.

The native of Sonora, Texas, went to Harding after completing his collegiate playing career at West Texas A&M as a defensive back. He redshirted the 2011 season and was a four-year letterman from 2012-15, earning all-Lone Star Conference honors as both a junior and senior. He completed his career with 137 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass breakups.

Taylor, who will be assisting the defensive secondary, comes to Utah State after spending the past four years with the Tennessee Titans. In June of 2021, Taylor was promoted from a scouting assistant to a pro scout, where his duties included preparing opponent breakdowns, position matchup breakdowns and offensive and defensive PFF analysis of opponents on a weekly basis. He also evaluated and graded NFL free agents for free agency.

Before making his way to Nashville, Taylor was a defensive graduate assistant at Duke. While with the Blue Devils, he aided in coaching the linebackers in a 4-2-5 scheme and assisted in all phases of special teams, working with all returners in the process.

Taylor was a four-year starter and team captain at Arkansas State from 2014-17, earning first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors as both a defensive back and punt returner. He ended his collegiate career as the Red Wolves' record holder for punt return yards (1,151) and pass breakups (30), and, the Sun Belt's all-time leader in passes defended (36).

Nsubuga, who will be assisting the Aggies' defensive ends, comes to Utah State after spending the past five years at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. From 2019-22, Nsubuga served as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, helping the Firebirds capture the 6A state championship in 2020.

While at Chaparral HS, Nsubuga was named the 6A Defensive Coach of the Year by arizonavarsity.com and he sent five of his defensive linemen to Division I institutions. Nsubuga graduated in 2017 from Lindenwood with a degree in exercise science. He also played defensive tackle for the Lions. Prior to Lindenwood, Nsubuga attended Southern Illinois for two years and Arizona State for one year.

Bowling spent his final season of collegiate football at Utah State as he helped the Aggies to their best season in school history as they tied the school record with 11 wins (11-3), won their first-ever Mountain West Championship with a 46-13 victory at No. 19 San Diego State, posted a 24-13 win against Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl and finished the year ranked 24th in the nation.

During the 2021 campaign, Bowling played in all 14 games and made six starts as he finished the season with 56 receptions for 835 yards. He also had three 100-yard receiving games and 10 touchdowns to rank second on the team in each category. His 10 touchdown catches are tied for the seventh-most in single-season school history.
Prior to Utah State, Bowling spent five seasons at Arkansas State (2016-20), as he played in 32 games with nine starts, and caught 82 passes for 878 yards and nine touchdowns.

Summers, who spent the 2022 season at Louisiana-Lafayette as an offensive line quality control coach, will be assisting the O-line at Utah State. Prior to making his way to Logan, Summers spent the 2022 season at Louisiana-Lafayette in the same role, helping the Ragin' Cajuns to an appearance in the Independence Bowl.

Summers also spent two seasons (2020-21) as the offensive coordinator at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi, as his unit averaged 268.0 rushing yards per game. While with the Bulldogs, two of his offensive linemen earned all-conference honors and three earned scholarships to other programs.

Before joining the coaching ranks, Summers played collegiately as an offensive lineman at both Holmes CC (2014-15) and Harding University (2016-17).

A familiar face is back on the sidelines for Utah State in May, who is entering his third season overall with the program. Previously, he served as an offensive recruiting analyst in 2021 and worked with the quarterbacks in a quality control role in 2020. May spent the 2022 season as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Mica Mountain High School in Arizona.

May first came to Utah State after spending four seasons (2016-19) at Pacific University, a Division III school located in Forest Grove, Oregon. While with the Boxers, May was involved with coaching a variety of positions, including defensive line, wide receivers, tight ends and coordinating special teams.

May played two seasons at Pacific University before transferring to Arizona, where he earned his bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in pre-law.

Dunlap spent seven years as the football equipment coordinator at Sam Houston State, which included four years as the head student equipment manager, before joining the Aggies. He also spent over two years as a teacher with the Huntsville Intermediate School and was named the Teach of the Year in 2020. Dunlap graduated from Sam Houston State in 2019 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies/education.

Goodwin is joining Utah State after spending the past three years as an assistant football coach at Aldine Eisenhower High School in Houston, Texas. He has also spent time coaching at Texas A&M-Commerce, Stephen F. Austin, Central Arkansas and various other high schools.

During his career, Goodwin has coached 22 athletes that have gone on to play at the professional level, 273 athletes that earned college scholarships, including 164 football players alone. While at Center (Texas) High School from February of 2009 through December of 2014, not only was he the head football coach, but also the athletics director.

Prior to Goodwin's arrival at Center HS, the Roughriders had not been to the playoffs in the previous six seasons, but made the postseason in five of the six years he coached the team.
Goodwin played receiver at Stephen F. Austin from 1992-95 and is a member of the program's 1,000-yard receiving club as he caught 108 passes for 2,065 yards throughout the course of his career.

Goodwin and his wife, Mamie Miller Goodwin, are a blended family of five children – Nicholas, Cameron, Bryson, Aiden and Kiera – and one granddaughter – Gianna.

Utah State opens the 2023 season at Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 2, while its home opener is the following weekend against Idaho State on Saturday, Sept. 9. USU begins Mountain West play at Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 16.

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