Washington State University Athletics
Graham Harrell Named Outside Receivers Coach
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State Head Football Coach Mike Leach announced Thursday that Graham Harrell has been named the Cougars’ outside receivers coach. Harrell spent the past season as an offensive analyst for the Cougars.
“Graham Harrell is a tremendous young coach and uniquely qualified to fill the role of outside receivers coach at Washington State,” said Leach. “He has command of the offense from all aspects, is a great teacher and evaluator of talent, and will be a great addition to our staff.”
Harrell arrived at WSU in the spring of 2014 as an offensive analyst, assisting the Cougar offense with film breakdown, player evaluations and game planning. Having played four seasons in a Mike Leach-led offense while at Texas Tech, Harrell was uniquely prepared to provide insight into the Air Raid offense.
Harrell spent the 2009 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League before spending three seasons (2010-12) with the Green Bay Packers, earning a Super Bowl in ring in 2010.
Harrell was a record-setting quarterback at Texas Tech University from 2004-08 for Leach, finishing his career with an NCAA-record 134 touchdown passes, the second-most career yards (15,793) in NCAA history and with the third-highest career passing average with 350.96 yards-per-game.
As a junior, the Ennis, Texas native was an All-Big-12 Conference second team selection and Gator Bowl MVP, finishing the year with a school-record 5,707 passing yards, the second-highest season total ever in the NCAA FBS ranks, to go along with his 48 touchdown passes. In each of his three seasons as a starter, his passing yardage figures placed in the Top 25 all-time at the FBS level (21st in 2006 with 4,555 yards and sixth in 2008 with 5,111 yards). As a senior, Harrell was named AT&T's All-America Player of the Year, and was a First-Team All-American after leading the country with 5,111-passing yards while tossing 45 touchdowns and only nine interceptions.
Harrell earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 2007. Harrell and his wife, Brittney, married in March, 2012.
