Collin Klein adds popular former K-State player to his Wildcats’ football staff
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- Collin Klein hires former Wildcat Joe Bob Clements as assistant and scout.
- Clements returns to K-State after prior decade-long assistant role and OSU stint.
- Clements will join a broad support staff for Klein’s first season in Manhattan.
A former Kansas State football player and assistant coach is returning to his alma mater as a member of Collin Klein’s inaugural staff in Manhattan.
Joe Bob Clements, who played defensive end for the Wildcats from 1994 to 1998, has been hired by K-State as an assistant to the head coach. He will also serve as a forward scout for offense.
Clements remains a popular name in the Little Apple.
He played for some of the best teams in K-State history under former head coach Bill Snyder, earning all-conference accolades as a senior. His teams went to five straight bowls
After his playing career came to an end, he also worked as an assistant coach at K-State for nearly a decade before he left for a job on Mike Gundy’s staff at Oklahoma State in 2013.
Clements spent many seasons coaching against the Wildcats while he was on staff with the Cowboys. But he is ready to wear purple once again.
He will be part of a large support staff that helps K-State football in Year 1 under Klein.