Norval McKenzie has a talented room in his first year as Virginia Tech's running backs coach. (Ivan Morozov)
Running backs coach Norval McKenzie comes to Blacksburg after spending three season at Georgia Tech overseeing the same position. His success in Atlanta, combined with Virginia Tech’s returning talent at running back, leads most people to be optimistic about the Hokies’ production headed into the 2026 season.
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You gotta block and our OL last year was horrific annnnnnd a couple of them project to be starters. The RBs will be limited by the OL.
Mapmaker
"Catapult"? Assume that is burst acceleration.
Spartacusjones
They wear vests during practice and drills that provide GPS tracking among other things. This lets the staff track a players top speed.
Freddyburg Hokie
Are we assuming that Mickens is going to redshirt? Or are true freshmen not being included in this series of articles?
HokieCrazy1994
Unless this crew gets some serious injury issues, I would think Mickens would see 4 games and redshirt. The crew in front of him is very talented and deep, imo.
Chris Coleman
I didn't ask him about Mickens. We had about an hour with all the assistants, so it was hard to get down down to the nitty gritty with one guy when you are trying to talk to everybody. So I just stuck with the basics.
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