How Bray's recruiting connections helped build the Wazzu defense
Apr. 10—Among the 1,125 listed fans at Bailey-Brayton Field on Tuesday to see the Washington State baseball program's 7-6 midweek upset of Oregon State sat a man with unique ties to both the orange and black and crimson and gray. WSU defensive coordinator Trent Bray grew up in Pullman, graduated from Oregon State and launched a coaching career that included a collective decade in Corvallis, Ore.
— spending the last two years as the Beavers' head football coach. Now, he's back home, molding this new era of college football on the Palouse and on occasion enjoying baseball games with his colleagues. OSU fired Bray in October after an 0-7 start.
Two months later, Bray got a call from WSU's first-year coach, Kirby Moore. "It was a little bit out of the blue," Bray said Tuesday after the Cougars' seventh spring practice. "Went up to the bowl game and met with him.
It kind of happened fast when it did happen; it seemed like a great fit. Really enjoyed talking to coach (Kirby) Moore at that time, felt like a good fit for what I was looking for, for what he was looking for and then coming back home is always great. " The call brought a return to a familiar job in a familiar town for the Pullman High School grad.
His brother, Josh Bray, is a Pullman police officer. Defensive coordinating is also where he found the most success. In 2023, his Beaver defense allowed just 104 yards per game, good for No.
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