PULLMAN, Wash. (January 24, 2023) – Washington State Head Football Coach Jake Dickert has named Nick Edwards as the Cougars' wide receivers coach, it was announced Tuesday.
 
Edwards is no stranger to the Pacific Northwest or the Pac-12, having graduated from Eastern Washington University and also spending three seasons on the staff at California.
 
"I am excited to complete our fulltime staff with Nick Edwards as our wide receivers coach," said Dickert. "Nick stood out because of his ties to our region, experience at the Pac-12 level as well as the NFL, and his knowledge and ability to teach the concepts and techniques of wide receiver play. We know he is the right fit for our program and can't wait to get him and his family here to the Palouse. Go Cougs!"
 
Edwards arrives in Pullman having spent the 2022 season as an offensive assistant with the Atlanta Falcons, working alongside the offensive coordinator with gameplan duties.
 
Edwards joined Atlanta's staff after spending two seasons (2020-21) as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. In 2020, Edwards participated in the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Minnesota Vikings.
 
Prior to his time at Cal Poly, Edwards spent three seasons (2017-19) as the wide receivers and running backs coach at Cal. Edwards spent his first two campaigns at Cal working with the team's wide receivers, including the duo of Vic Wharton III and Kanawai Noa, before coaching running backs in 2019.
 
Edwards also spent three seasons (2014-16) at his alma mater, Eastern Washington University, as the wide receivers coach where he coached future NFL wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Kendrick Bourne. In 2015, Kupp was named the FCS ADA National Offensive Player of the Year, STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Year and was first-team All-Big Sky for a second consecutive season. In 2016, both Kupp and Bourne earned all-conference honors, while Kupp earned FCS ADA National Offensive Player of the Year for a second consecutive year.
 
As a student-athlete, Edwards played four seasons (2009-12) at Eastern Washington University, where he helped the Eagles win the 2010 FCS national title as a sophomore when he started all 15 games and had 57 catches for 614 yards with seven touchdown grabs. As a junior in 2011, Edwards was selected to nine FCS All-America teams – seven first-team selections – after catching a school-record 95 passes for 1,250 yards and 19 touchdowns to lead the FCS.  After graduating in 2012, he was signed by the Minnesota Vikings following the 2013 NFL Draft. Edwards was on offseason NFL rosters with Arizona and Seattle and turned down an opportunity to play for Edmonton in the Canadian Football League before moving into coaching full-time in 2014.
 
A graduate of Foss High School in Tacoma, Wash., Edwards and his wife, Macca, have two sons, Kashmir and Kyrie.