New West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart did hire an assistant coach from Appalachian State after all, though not one that fans breathlessly anticipated for most of a month.

Stewart today named Lonnie Galloway as his receivers coach. Galloway spent the past three national-championship seasons coaching receivers at Division I-AA Appalachian State, whose quarterbacks and offensive line coach were previously mentioned prominently as West Virginia candidates. Galloway, a former Western Carolina player, also coached East Carolina receivers for two years and Elon's quarterbacks and receivers from 1996-2002.

His hiring apparently fills out the position staff under Stewart, who still seeks to name a strength and conditioning coach.