Virginia State will name Richmond assistant Byron Thweatt head football coach

COACH BYRON THWEATT
Courtesy: University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Virginia -- Virginia State University will introduce University of Richmond assistant Byron Thweatt as its head football coach Thursday.

Thweatt, 36, is a graduate of Matoaca High School and the University of Virginia. He has been a member of the Spiders’ staff for eight years. Thweatt coached inside linebackers and was UR’s director of high school relations in 2014. He has also coached other positions for Richmond and was the program’s recruiting coordinator.

“There’s a lot of buzz at Virginia State, so I’m very pleased with the opportunity,”said Thweatt, an All-ACC linebacker as a U.Va. senior. “That’s a community I grew up in and it’s a great opportunity for me to give back to the community and continue a tradition that has really taken off.”

Thweatt succeeds Latrell Scott, a Lee-Davis High grad who left Division II VSU to become ,,,

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