Spavital returns to W. Virginia

Jake Spavital is returning to West Virginia as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Spavital was interim coach at California after Sonny Dykes was fired last Sunday. Spavital had finished his first season as Cal’s offensive coordinator.

Spavital was the quarterbacks coach in 2011 and 2012 under Dana Holgorsen at West Virginia, where Geno Smith set numerous school records. Spavital spent three years after that at Texas A&M. In other news: • California hired Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox as its new head coach to replace the fired Sonny Dykes. Wilcox, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dave Wilcox, spent three years as linebackers coach at Cal from 2003-05 under Jeff Tedford and has been a defensive coordinator for the past 11 seasons at Boise State, Tennessee, Washington, Southern California and Wisconsin.