Kansas State football assistant coach tracker under Collin Klein

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MANHATTAN — Collin Klein is already making big changes to the Kansas State coaching staff after he was announced as the Wildcats’ head coach on Dec. 4.

Klein is expected to have at least two new coordinators, a new general manager and a handful of position coaches. According to his offer letter, Klein will have a salary pool of $6.5 million to distribute among his assistant coaching staff.

A lot of movement has already happened, and plenty more is expected in the days and weeks ahead. Klein said he wanted to be patient in identifying the right coaches, but he’ll want to get it done amid roster movement and the opening of the transfer portal on Jan. 2.

Here’s a look at those Klein will bring to Manhattan and who he will part ways with.

The Topeka Capital-Journal will update this page when new coaches are announced and reported.

Kansas State football staff additions

Trey Scott, general manager

Scott is a former agent and NFL executive. He was a pro personnel assistant for the Washington Commanders in 2011 before becoming the player personnel executive for the Las Vegas Raiders from 2012-22. He followed by becoming an agent in 2022 with REP1 Sports, landing with Excel Sports Management in Nov. 2023.

At one point in his career, Scott was labeled as a future NFL general manager candidate. He took over the Raiders’ assistant director of player personnel after the 2016 season at 28 years old.

Stanton Weber, special teams coordinator

Weber spent the last three seasons as the special teams coordinator at Toledo, where he was named a finalist for FootballScoop’s 2024 Special Teams Coordinator of the Year and was named to the American Football Coaches Association’s 35 Under 35 Leadership Institute.

The Overland Park native was a wide receiver and special teams standout for the Wildcats from 2011-15, and was a team captain as a senior. A teammate of Klein’s, he helped lead the Wildcats to a Big 12 championship in 2012.

Weber began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at K-State in 2017-18, before serving as its special teams quality control coach from 2019-20. He took off for South Carolina from 2021-22, where he was a special teams analyst. He’s been the Toledo special teams coordinator since 2023.

Christian Ellsworth

Ellsworth was promoted to the Aggies’ tight ends coach in 2025 after working as a senior offensive analyst in 2024. He began his coaching career at Kansas State under Klein as an offensive graduate assistant.

Ellsworth and Klein’s relationship began in 2016 when he played quarterback at Northern Iowa. During his redshirt freshman year, Klein was the program’s quarterback coach.

Kansas State coaches who won’t be retained

Wyatt D. Wheeler covers Kansas State athletics for the USA TODAY Network and Topeka Capital-Journal. You can follow him on X at @WyattWheeler_, contact him at 417-371-6987 or email him at wwheeler@usatodayco.com

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State football coaching staff tracker after Collin Klein hiring

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