[Penn State](https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/) and first-year coach Matt Campbell had a young, well-regarded wide receivers coach in place for the 2026 season in the form of Noah Pauley. But that plan was flipped upside down when Pauley abruptly left for the same position with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers on Feb. 5.
Campbell, after an 11-day search, has now found Pauley’s replacement.
Penn State is hiring Colorado State’s Kashif Moore, according to an initial report from [247Sports](https://x.com/mzenitz/status/2023490268406923317?s=20).
Moore, like Pauley, left Colorado State before coaching a single game. He had followed head coach Jim Mora from UConn to the Rams this offseason.
A former UConn star receiver himself, Moore comes to Penn State after helping mentor one of the nation’s top pass catchers in 2025.
Huskies standout Skyler Bell was a Biletnikoff Award finalist after posting 1,191 yards and 11 touchdowns. Bell put up 860 yards and five touchdowns in 2024.
Notably, Bell transferred to UConn in 2024 after starting his career at Wisconsin. Campbell and Pauley did well in adding and developing transfer receivers at Iowa State, and Moore already has some history in that area.
He also has important ties to the region surrounding Penn State, something that was a minor concern when Campbell started putting his staff together.
Moore is a Burlington, New Jersey, native and was a former team captain with UConn while winning four letters between 2008 and 2011.
He also made coaching stops at Albany, Cornell, Wesleyan and Conard High School (CT).
Moore will take over a position group for the Nittany Lions that has desperately needed more consistency in recent years. He’ll work with a 2026 group heavily influenced by transfers, including Iowa State’s Brett Eskildsen and Chase Sowell, as well as key returner Koby Howard.