Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech football coach Brent Pry continues to bolster his recruiting staff, announcing Gunter Brewer as Director of High School Relations. Brewer will work alongside James Johnson in his new role after serving as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the University of Maryland football program the past two seasons.
"Gunter is a veteran coach who is one of the top recruiters in the country year in and year out," said Pry. "He brings a wealth of experience recruiting our footprint. He has coached three Biletnikoff Award finalists, including two Biletnikoff winners. We are fortunate to have him and Rhonda join us in Blacksburg."
With more than three decades in coaching, Brewer has cultivated and maintained relationships across the Hokies' recruiting footprint throughout his career. His countless high school connections will help the Hokies attract the very best to play for Tech. Brewer has extensive experience in the ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and the NFL, coaching some of the best wide receivers to play the game including a pair of Biletnikoff Award winners in Randy Moss and Justin Blackmon, and Biletnikoff finalist Dez Bryant. He has coached in 19 bowl games and the 1996 FCS national championship game.
Last season under the direction of Brewer, Maryland receivers led the Big 10 in receiving yards. Prior to his time in College Park, he was the wide receivers coach at Louisville from 2019-21 and served as the wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018.
Brewer was the Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach at North Carolina from 2012-17, where he helped UNC earn the program's first-ever appearance in the ACC Championship Game in 2015. He served one season as the associate head coach/passing game coordinator at Ole Miss (2011) and spent six seasons in various capacities at Oklahoma State (co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach, 2009-10; co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, 2008; wide receivers coach, 2005-07). Brewer was the wide receivers coach and associate offensive coordinator at Marshall from 1996-99, mentoring Randy Moss to stardom.
In addition to tutoring Moss, Brewer guided Louisville's Tutu Atwell to All-American and First Team All-ACC honors in 2019. At Oklahoma State, he recruited and served as the position coach for Blackmon, a unanimous First-Team All-American who won the Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver. He also coached Biletnikoff semifinalist Adarius Bowman with the Cowboys.
As a player, Brewer was a two-year letter-winner as a wide receiver at Wake Forest, where he earned his degree in science and health sports in 1987. In 1989, he was awarded a master's in education with a specialization in exercise physiology from Ole Miss.
Brewer and his wife, Rhonda, have a son, Keaton, and a daughter, Lauren, along with grandchildren, Billy and Elle.