Who's front runner for new RB coach?

Have heard or seen nothing as far as the new RB coach. Easiest job on staff, just need to be a talented and connected recruiter and amateur psychologist.

The Aggies have announced Cody vonAppen as the new Special Teams Coordinator. He comes to Davis from Cal Poly where he was the Defensive Coordinator since 2022. Taylor Chapatte will return to his primary role of Tight Ends Coach. Chapatte held both positions last year.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2026/2/26/football-welcomes-cody-vonappen-as-special-teams-coordinator.aspx

Plough made a solid move by not only retaining Chapette as TEs Coach, but by bringing vonAppen in as the Special Teams guy. He has coordinating experience as a DC which will help greatly and I believe he has history with the current staff.

Anything update on the RB hire?

Do we typically produce a 2-deep for spring ball? There are some interesting questions to be answered at several key spots.

I’ve never seen a two deep other than in game notes once the season starts. Late summer they have position reviews posted on team site, but even there they are coy about who is going to play. In spring Plough drops names and you can glean something from those comments, but the transfers are often not in spring camp.

Thanks, makes sense. Keep the cards close to the vest. Always interesting to see which transfers will make the greatest impact. Maybe I'll go to the Signing Day post on the team website and review some film. Beats working...