The UConn football team has filled its two coaching vacancies, hiring Darrell Perkins to coach its defensive backs and Jon Wholley to coach tight ends. An official announcement is expected later this afternoon.
Perkins comes to UConn from a two-year stint as the cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe. He was let go when head coach Charlie Weatherbie was fired after the season.
Perkins, a former running back at Wyoming, has also served as an assistant at Charleston Southern, Northern Colorado, Ferris State and Purdue.
Wholley is a UConn graduate who also served on head coach Randy Edsall’s staff as a graduate assistant. The Southington High product was an assistant at Fordham last season.
- Neill
