Sources confirmed to the Daily News on Tuesday night that Jami DeBerry, Steve Spurrier, Jr., and Clayton White will join the Hilltoppers’ coaching staff for the 2017 season. White will be WKU’s defensive coordinator, Spurrier will be an offensive assistant and DeBerry will be a defensive assistant.
Those three names are the first to be confirmed as WKU assistants under Sanford, who was named the Toppers’ 20th head coach Dec. 14. Reports have also linked Sanford’s father, recently resigned Indiana State head coach Mike Sanford, Sr., with a spot on the staff.
White worked alongside Sanford with the Hilltoppers in 2010 when both were assistants under then-first-year coach Willie Taggart.