Jahiem White Reacts to News About Chad Scott Leaving WVU for Texas
The second news started to spread about Chad Scott leaving WVU for Texas, fans instantly wanted to know Jahiem White’s reaction above all else. White has been vocal about his love of Scott as his coach and he decided to stay a Mountaineer after Neal Brown was fired largely due to Scott being retained.
“Thank you for making me a better person. It’s bigger than football,” said White on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday morning, the morning after Scott’s departure became a national story, initially reported by Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports.
White’s statement may look brief, but that’s his nature. His words also speak volumes for his feelings about the situation. It’s clear White understands Texas is a job Scott can’t pass up, especially if he’s able to go there without having to serve in a lower level position first.
Up until this point in the offseason, Scott has been working as a member of new WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez’s staff. Rodriguez decided to retain Scott on his staff in the interest of furthering running backs like Jahiem White and to help with recruiting.
“I have an appreciation and respect for the job that Chad has done here at West Virginia,” WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez said about retaining Scott.
“He brings a high level of energy and has a history of building relationships and developing players. I look forward to having him as a member of our staff.”
Chad Scott came to WVU in 2019 along with former head coach Neal Brown and has been a well-liked and effective running backs coach ever since. He has also served as co-offensive coordinator (2019-21), run game coordinator (2022-23) and offensive coordinator (2024). Scott was the team’s interim head coach for the Frisco Bowl last month.
Since coming to WVU, Scott helped develop Leddie Brown into a back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher in 2020 and 2021 and recruited and developed the tandem of CJ Donaldson and Jahiem White that produced over 1,500 combined yards each of the last two seasons. Donaldson announced his transfer to Ohio State on Monday, but White has not yet announced his plans for the future. The retention of Scott would seemingly increase the likelihood White stays with the Mountaineers.
Scott has done all of his work at WVU the old-school way, not making use of the transfer portal. All of WVU’s running backs during his tenure have been high school recruits that Scott signed and developed. That includes Donaldson, who came to WVU as a tight end and was moved to running back.
For a related story, Zac Alley opened up about why he left Oklahoma for West Virginia.
