Chris Beatty
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| Chris Beatty | ||
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| Title | Running backs coach, slot receivers coach | |
| College | West Virginia | |
| Sport | College football | |
| Born | June 19, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Topeka, Kansas | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 78-18 | |
| Championships | ||
| 2004 Virginia High School State Championship | ||
| Awards | ||
| 2004 Virginia High School League AAA Coach of the Year | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1998-1999 2000-2002 2003-2005 2006 2007 2008-present |
North Stafford High School Salem High School Landstown High School Hampton University (assistant) Northern Illinois (assistant) West Virginia (assistant) |
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Christopher Beatty (born June 19, 1973 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American football assistant coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. Beatty is the running backs and slot receivers coach. Beatty was formerly a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and a school-record holder at East Tennessee State in college as a wide receiver.
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[edit] Early Life
Christopher Beatty was born in 1973 in Kansas, but grew up in Centreville, Virginia. Beatty attended Chantilly High School in Virginia, where he graduated in 1991. Upon his graduation, Beatty attended East Tennessee State. From 1991 to 1994, he was a starter at wide receiver where he earned All-conference honors his senior season. He ended his career as the school's all-time leader in receiving yards.
Following his graduation of ETSU with a bachelor's degree in 1995, Beatty moved on to play professional football in the Canadian Football League with the Baltimore Stallions. In 1997, Beatty played for the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats before retiring from his playing career.
[edit] Coaching Career
[edit] High School
Chris Beatty began his coaching career in 1998 with North Stafford High School in Virginia as the school's head coach. Beatty coached the Wolverines football team until 2000, when he moved on to Salem High School in Salem, Virginia. Beatty coached the Spartans shortly after the departure of star, Dennis Haley, but he moved on from Salem in 2002.
From 2003 to 2005, Beatty coached Landstown High School in Virginia Beach. During his three-year tenure, Beatty led the team to three straight state championship games and a 40-2 record. The team won the state championship in 2004, led by future college football star Percy Harvin.
During his tenure at the high school ranks, Beatty compiled a 78-18 record at three different high schools. Beatty was named the 2004 Virginia High School League AAA Coach of the Year for his national championship team with Landstown High. Also during his prep tenure, he coordinated offenses that produced the top four passers in Virginia High School history and led the only two teams in state history to have a 3,000-yard pass, a 1,000-yard receiver, and a 1,000-yard rusher in the same season.
[edit] Hampton University
Chris Beatty left Landstown High School for the offensive coordinator and quarterback coaching position at Virginia's Hampton University in 2006. Beatty only stayed at Hampton for the 2006 season, but his team produced a 10-2 record and a position in the FCS playoffs. The team also won the Mideastern Athletic Conference championship with a 6-1 conference record. The 2006 team also produced a player drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft and six players who signed contracts with NFL teams, four being offensive players coached by Beatty.
[edit] Northern Illinois University
Following his 2006 stint at Hampton University, Beatty was offered and accepted the position as Nothern Illinois' running backs coach for the 2007 season. Beatty's Huskies had previously had a player rush for over 1,000 yards in the previous eight seasons before his arrival, including the school leader and third-round NFL Draft selection, Garrette Wolfe, who departed the team the season before Beatty's arrival.
In Beatty's only season at NIU, the Huskies posted a 2-10 record. However, sophomore running back Justin Anderson rushed for 1,245 yards and 8 touchdowns in the season under Beatty. The 1,000-yard performance extended the school's record to nine consecutive seasons.
[edit] West Virginia University
After his season at Northern Illinois University as the team's running backs coach, Beatty was offered the same position at West Virginia University for new head coach Bill Stewart. Beatty accepted the offer and entered the spring coaching the running backs, led by sophomore Noel Devine, and the slot receivers, led by sophomores Brandon Hogan and Jock Sanders.
Prior to the season's beginning, Beatty was successful in recruiting junior high school stars, Logan Heastie and Tajh Boyd. Heastie, a five-star recruit and often considered the #1 receiver in the 2009 class, and Boyd, a four-star quarterback recruit, were from the Virginia-area where Beatty was assigned to recruit from and committed to the Mountaineers before the team's spring practices for 2008 began.[1] Shortly after the commitment from Boyd and Heastie, Beatty recruited Dominic Davenport, the #4 recruit from Virginia as a defensive end. The committment marked Beatty for recruiting the #1, #3, and #4 prospects in Virginia in Boyd, Heastie and Davenport, respectively.[2]
