Brent Myers - Football Coach - Weber State University Athletics

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Brent Myers

Title:
Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line
Email:
brentmyers@weber.edu
Season:
12th

The 2024 season was the 11th year for Brent Myers as an assistant coach at Weber State. He is the Associate Head Coach for the Wildcats and also coaches the offensive line. He came to Weber State in January 2014 and has coached 130 games with the Wildcats. He is the longest-tenured coach on the WSU staff.

In his time at Weber State, Myers has helped lead the Wildcats to four Big Sky titles, six trips to the FCS Playoffs, and nine winning seasons. Weber State has also finished in the top 10 in the nation in five times and has been nationally ranked every season since 2016.

Myers has coached five players to All-America honors six times and nine players to All-Big Sky honors 16 times.

In 2024, Myers coached Gavin Ortega to second-team All-Big Sky honors and in 2023, he helped lead Weber State to a 6-5 overall finish, WSU’s ninth-straight winning season. Weber State closed the season with three straight wins, including a win over No. 4 ranked Idaho.

He coached senior Noah Atagi to All-America and first-team All-Big Sky honors, as well as Jordan Lutui who earned second-team All-Big Sky honors.

In 2022, he helped lead Weber State to another 10-win season, including an FBS win over Utah State. During the season Myers coached three players on the offensive line to All-Big Sky honors. Noah Atagi earned All-America honors and first-team All-Big Sky honors. Jordan Lutuie and Ethan Atagi both earned all-conference honors.

In 2021, Noah Atagi earned first-team All-Big Sky honors.

During the spring 2021 season, Weber State finished 5-1 and captured its fourth straight conference title, including the first outright title in school history with a perfect 5-0 Big Sky record. The Wildcats were ranked as high as second in the nation during the season, the highest ranking in school history.

Senior offensive lineman Ty Whitworth earned first team All-America and All-Big Sky honors. Noah Atagi earned first-team All-Big Sky honors in two straight seasons.

In his career with the Wildcats, Myers has coached three Wildcats, Joe Hawkins, Iousua Opeta and Ty Whitworth, to All-American honors. He has also coached eight players to All-Big Sky honors 12 times.

In 2019, Weber State finished the season 11-4 and ranked third in the nation. Myers coached Ty Whitworth (first-team) and Ben Bos (third-team) to Big Sky All-Conference honors.

In 2018, the Wildcats repeated as Big Sky champions and again advanced to the FCS Quarterfinals. Myers coached senior offensive tackle Iosua Opeta to consensus All-America honors. Opeta earned multiple All-America honors and first-team All-Big Sky honors. He was also invited to the NFL Draft Combine and played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.

In 2017, Opeta earned All-America honors and Baron Bruce and Tyler Downs both earned All-Conference honors on the offensive line for the Wildcats.

In 2016, Myers helped lead Weber State to a 7-5 record, a third-place finish in the Big Sky Conference, and WSU’s first trip to the FCS Playoffs in seven years. Cameron Young and Calvin Steyn both earned second-team All-Big Sky honors in 2016 and Iousua Opeta earned honorable mention honors. In 2015, three Wildcat linemen earned All-Big Sky honors with senior Joe Hawkins being named to the first team, the first Weber State player to earn first-team honors in four years. Hawkins also earned All-American honors from the Walter Camp Foundation.

Myers has more than three decades of coaching experience. He came to WSU after spending the 2012 season as the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at UNLV. He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at UNLV from 2010-11. Prior to that Myers spent time coaching the offensive line at Louisville (2007-09) and Arizona State (2004-06). He also spent the 2003 season as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the University of Utah under Urban Meyer. Jay Hill was a graduate assistant at Utah that season. In addition, Myers spent time as an assistant coach at Washington (2000-02) and Boise State (1998-99).

Myers also has extensive coaching experience in the Big Sky Conference having spent six years at Northern Arizona (1992-97) and nine years (1985-91 and 1982-83) at Eastern Washington. He also spent one season at Southern Illinois.

A native of Seattle, Myers was a Division II honorable mention All-American at Eastern Washington in 1981 and graduated from EWU in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in Education. He received his master’s degree from Eastern Washington in 1986. He and his wife Susan have one daughter, Morgan.