Pat White discussed things such as his time at West Virginia during a recent interview with Eric Smith of Chargers.com.
The current Los Angeles Chargers offensive assistant mentioned all the exciting times that they had plus the letdowns.
“A lot of exciting times. But obviously, as a competitor and an athlete, you remember the good times with your teammates, but also the let downs on the field,” White said. “We had a lot of wins. A great career. We didn’t finish the way we should have. I’m here to make that happen.”
During White’s time playing at West Virginia, the Mountaineers were 42-9, including a 4-0 record in bowl games.
He also mentioned how nowadays he still keeps in touch with his teammates from those West Virginia teams such as Steve Slaton, Darius Reynaud, Owen Schmitt, and Pat McAfee.
Eric Smith admitted how he would play with Pat White and the West Virginia offense in the NCAA Football video games. White mentioned how he took a look at the 2007 video game, saw that he was right-handed, then decided to boycott the game.
White mentioned how mostly the coaches of the Chargers ask him about his college days. The players later would realize who he is and ask, “You’re the guy from the video game?!”
After a short stint as a player in the NFL, Pat White’s former teammate Ryan Stanchek helped him get back into the game as a coach. He mentioned how he was trying to get away from the sport but the passion sucked him back into it.
“I guess it was sort of a battle trying to distance yourself but having a strong passion, too,” White said. “So regardless of what you do it’s going to pull you in. It’s kind of what it did to me.”
White began his coaching career at Alcorn State in 2018 as a quarterbacks coach. He spent two seasons there before heading to South Florida in 2020 to coach the running backs.
He then left for Alabama State in 2021 to be the quarterbacks coach. After one season, he got his first NFL coaching opportunity with Los Angeles Chargers in 2022, a position that he currently holds today.
Pat White previously had experience with current Chargers wide receivers coach Chris Beatty, who he spent one season with at West Virginia when Beatty was the running backs coach.
As for his long-term goals, White hopes to be an NFL head coach someday.
“I want to be a head coach. It starts with working my way into the quarterback room, becoming a coordinator and be a head coach. We’re going through the proper steps and proper channels.”
The full interview can be read here.
