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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UTPB fills last two coaching spots


FROM THE MIDLAND REPORTER TELEGRAM

The University of Texas-Permian Basin football team filled the final two spots of its coaching staff on Friday.

UTPB head coach Justin Carrigan announced the hiring of Robert Conley as offensive line coach and Carlos Barocio-Leon to coach special teams and running backs.


Prior to joining UTPB, Conley served as a graduate assistant on both the offensive and defensive sides of the football at the University of Utah for three years.

In 2011, Conley was the graduate assistant offensive line coach at Utah State.

During his playing days, Conley was a four-year starting guard at Utah.

Barocio-Leon was an assistant coach at SMU from 2008-14 and served as the Mustangs’ special teams coordinator the previous two years. He has also coached in Mexico and Austria.

Barocio-Leon played collegiately at New Mexico State and on a professional level in Italy.

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