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Utah football: Shah, Ena named special teams co-coordinators

The Utes continued to fill coaching staff gaps with in-house moves on Thursday.

Utah football announced it will charge linebackers coach Justin Ena and cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah with leading the special teams as co-coordinators. Kyle Whittingham's decision is apparently the final call in rounding out his 2016 coaching staff — barring any late defections.

Shah and Ena will both continue to coach their position groups, with Shah managing returns and Ena managing coverage. It's likely several other coaches will be involved in special teams, as the Utes have practiced over the last few seasons.

Utah kept many jobs within the program this offseason, only hiring one outside candidate — former BYU assistant Guy Holliday — to coach wide receivers.