Aggies elevate Wiggins as Klein heads to K-State; CFP plan stays steady.
Texas A&M has promoted Holmon Wiggins to offensive coordinator, elevating the program’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach into the lead role as the Aggies prepare for their first College Football Playoff appearance.
Wiggins takes over for Collin Klein, who was recently hired as Kansas State's head coach following the retirement of Chris Klieman.
The move gives Texas A&M continuity on offense at a moment when stability matters most, with postseason preparation already underway.
Despite the title change, Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko said Monday that Klein will remain with the Aggies throughout the CFP and will continue calling plays during the playoff run.
In other words, the short-term plan stays intact. Klein drives the offense on game day, while Wiggins begins the transition into the full-time coordinator role moving forward.
Elko also emphasized that the staff did its homework before making the promotion official.
He said Texas A&M interviewed multiple candidates, but ultimately circled back to Wiggins as the best fit for the program's direction, adding that Wiggins was the only person offered the job.
Elko's public endorsement was strong, framing the choice as a decision made with both the locker room and long-term continuity in mind.
Wiggins arrives at the coordinator chair with a high-level body of work as a position coach and recruiter. Before joining Elko at Texas A&M last season, Wiggins spent five years at Alabama as the wide receivers coach and also held an assistant head coach of offense during his final three seasons in Tuscaloosa.
The timing is notable. Seventh-seeded Texas A&M will make its playoff debut Saturday, hosting No. 10 seed Miami.
With Klein still calling the offense and Wiggins stepping into the OC role behind the scenes, the Aggies are trying to keep the postseason week as normal as possible while managing major staff changes in real time.
Wiggins' promotion also comes amid defensive movement.
Texas A&M promoted Lyle Hemphill to defensive coordinator after Jay Bateman accepted the same role at Kentucky, and Bateman - like Klein - will remain with the Aggies through the playoff stretch.