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Oregon State Beavers wide receivers coach Brent Brennan chats with receiver Seth Collins on the sideline during scrimmage at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

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Oregon State Beavers outside receivers coach Brent Brennan has been hired as San Jose State's head coach, the school announced Wednesday morning.

Brennan, who earns his first head-coaching job, had been at OSU since 2011 and was

after Mike Riley left the school for Nebraska and Gary Andersen was hired in 2014.

But Brennan has deep ties to San Jose State. He was an assistant at the school from 2005-10 under head coaches Dick Tomey and Mike MacIntyre, holding roles from offensive coordinator to special teams coordinator to coaching the receivers, tight ends and offensive tackles. His father, Steve, was also a player at the school in the 1960s.

"We are thrilled to have Brent back at San Jose State," athletic director Gene Bleymaier said in a release. "He is an exceptional football coach and one of the most respected recruiters in the country. His coaching background and ties to San Jose State make Brent a perfect fit."

Brennan, a Bay Area native and former UCLA player, was also the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal Poly from 2001-04.

At OSU, Brennan helped develop former OSU stars Brandin Cooks and Markus Wheaton and was a primary recruiter in California. This past season, he and former offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin coached the receivers together, with Baldwin taking the inside group and Brennan the outside targets.

The promotion for Brennan should also come with a significant pay bump, as former San Jose State coach Ron Caragher's salary was $546,745,

. Brennan's OSU salary was $180,264,

signed in early 2015.

Caragher was fired on Nov. 27 after going 19-30 in four seasons at the school, including a 4-8 mark in 2016.

Brennan will be formally introduced at a news conference on Thursday.

"We want to recruit high-character young men that are tough and love to play football and also take their academics seriously," Brennan said in a release. "We're going to help them grow from young men into men and put a product on the field that anybody who has a connection with Spartan football can be proud of."

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