With news breaking earlier today that Utah defensive coordinator John Pease retiring and safeties coach Morgan Scalley moving to defensive coordinator, Utah now has two openings on their coaching staff: wide receivers and defensive line. Scalley was also the special teams and recruiting coordinator, titles he will relinquish with his move to DC. Having two openings on the coaching staff allows Utah some flexibility in who they want to hire. We will look at some potential candidates at each vacant position and some potential shuffling of the coaching staff to open up other coaching positions.
The two areas where Utah has struggled the most compared to other upper echelon Pac-12 schools is in passing offense and recruiting.