New Texas A&M CB coach shares a long history with HC Mike Elko

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Texas A&M’s 2026 coaching staff now features five elevations from the 2025 staff, headlined by wide receiver coach Holmon Wiggins taking over as the new offensive coordinator, assistant Joey Lynch now serving as the quarterbacks coach, senior offensive assistant John Lynch now coaching wide receivers, and, as of Thursday night, nickel coach Bryant Gross-Armiento elevated as the new cornerbacks coach.

This is a 50/50 debate within the Aggie fan base: some believe internal elevations don’t move the needle for future success, while it’s simply a fact that Texas A&M’s 11-2 finish in 2025 featured every 2024 staff member, including all five elevated coaches.

On paper, Bryant Gross-Armiento is one of the program’s top recruiters and has a long history working with head coach Mike Elko, going back to his time at Wake Forest, where he worked under Elko as a recruiting assistant and graduate assistant from 2017 to 2018, and after a one-year stint at Georgia as a defensive analyst, Gross-Armiento made his way to College Station before the 2021 season under former head coach Jimbo Fisher, where he has stayed ever since.

Before Fisher was fired, he promoted Gross-Armiento to the program’s secondary coach. Over the past two seasons under Mike Elko, Gross-Armiento has served as the senior defensive analyst (2025) and nickelbacks coach.

Now overseeing Texas A&M’s veteran cornerbacks room, Gross-Armiento will be tasked with further developing cornerbacks Dezz Ricks, Julio Humphrey, and Tennessee transfer Rickey Gibson, and most importantly, every corner from the 2025 and 2026 signing classes, headlined by incoming freshman standout corner Brandon Arrington.

During his final season coaching nickelbacks, senior nickel Tyreek Chappell recorded 34 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, and four pass breakups. After removing his name from the transfer portal, senior defensive back Bryce Anderson looks like the next man up to take over as the starting nickel in 2026.

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