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Theron Aych

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Aych brings nearly three decades of coaching experience to Stillwater after most recently serving as an offensive quality control analyst at Marshall in 2024 and as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee State for two seasons prior to that.

He was part of a Marshall team that finished 10-3, capping a historic season with a 31-3 win over Louisiana to claim the Sun Belt championship. With Aych’s help, the Thundering Herd ranked No. 19 in the FBS in rushing yards per game at 201.7, No. 12 in tackles for loss allowed at 3.92 per game and No. 11 in turnovers lost with just 10 all season.

At Tennessee State, Aych saw his first stint as a Division I offensive coordinator from 2022-23, helping TSU’s rushing offensive improve by 18 yards per game in his first season and then improve by 15 more yards per game in his second season.

Prior to that, Aych served as wide receivers coach at UTEP for 2021, which marked his second stint with the Miners after also working there in 2016. Aych’s 2021 wide receiver group produced

The coaching veteran spent the four seasons before that working with the wide receivers and tight ends at Arizona from 2017-20.

Despite Arizona's heavy lean on the run game in 2017, Aych’s receivers were a consistent and critical force for the Wildcats' explosive offense. Shun Brown, Shawn Poindexter, Tony Ellison and Cedric Peterson were all regular starters, combining for 108 receptions for 1,522 yards and 12 touchdowns. The quartet also emerged as willing blockers on the perimeter to set up several long rushing plays, as Arizona tied for the national lead with 28 runs of at least 30 yards. His 2018 group helped Arizona lead the Pac 12 in yards per reception and rank third in passing offense, while the 2019 receivers also helped the unit rank in the top three in passing in the conference.

In his first season at UTEP in 2016, Aych coached a wide receiver unit that helped haul in 21 receiving touchdowns, the most for the program since 2010. The balance provided in the pass game allowed UTEP to improve its per-game scoring by nearly a touchdown from 20.7 points per game in 2015 to 26.3 points per game in 2016. Additionally, receiver Terry Juniel was named honorable mention All-Conference USA.

Prior to 2016, Aych served as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Angelo State for five seasons from 2011-15, where he was named a finalist for the Division II AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year award.

Under Aych, the Rams’ offense put up staggering numbers in 2015, leading the nation (Division II) in total offense with over 560 yards per game and ranking seventh in points per game (42.5). Senior quarterback Kyle Washington, under Aych’s tutelage, threw for 3,691 yards (an Angelo State single-season record), ranking sixth in the nation. Washington registered 27 passing scores and only nine interceptions, and he rushed for 831 yards and 15 scores, He led the nation in total offense and broke ASU’s single-season record for total yards with 4,522 as he was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

In 2014, Angelo State averaged 39.4 points per contest, while also racking up 469.7 yards of total offense per game as the Rams registered a 9-3 overall record that season. Washington set a single-season school record by throwing for 34 touchdowns and becoming the first Ram in history to throw for more than 3,000 yards (3,236 total).

Before that, Aych spent four seasons at Central Missouri in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 2004-07. During his time with the Mules, Aych coached tight end Delanie Walker, who was drafted as a wide receiver in the 2006 NFL Draft after an impressive collegiate career.

Prior to his time at Central Missouri, Aych spent a season at the University of Washington on the other side of the line of scrimmage, assisting with the outside linebackers and punters as a defensive graduate assistant. Aych coached two Huskies – linebackers Marquis Cooper and Greg Carothers – who signed NFL contracts. Cooper was an All-Pac-10 selection in 2003 and a fourth-round round selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Aych was on the Houston staff from 2000-02, working with the running backs, tight ends and specialists as a graduate assistant. He coached running back Joffrey Reynolds, who was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Year by The Sporting News. Reynolds rushed for over 1,500 yards in 2002.

A native of Zachary, Louisiana, Aych has also coached at the junior college level – Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College and Mesabi Range (Va.) Community College – and the high school level at Aberdeen (S.D.) Central.

Aych earned three letters as a wide receiver at Northern State University in Aberdeen and was an All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honorable mention selection. He earned a degree in sociology and criminal justice from NSU in 1996.

Aych has two children, Tommy and Katelyn.

Year-By-Year
1995-96	Aberdeen (S.D.) Central HS	Assistant Coach
1997	Mesabi Range CC	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
1998-99	Fort Scott (Kan.) CC	Asst. Head Coach
2000-02	Houston	Offensive Graduate Assistant
2003	Washington	Defensive Graduate Assistant
2004-07	Central Missouri	Special Teams/Wide Receivers
2011-15	Angelo State	Offensive Coordinator/Asst. Head Coach
2016	UTEP	Wide Receivers
2017-20	Arizona	Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
2021	UTEP	Wide Receivers
2022-23	Tennessee State	Offensive Coordinator
2024	Marshall	Offensive Quality Control Analyst
2025	Oklahoma State	Wide Receivers