Darrell Wyatt

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Assistant coach Darrell Wyatt is apparently leaving the UA football program after one season to take another job.

Wyatt, Arizona's wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator, told a recruit this week that he has left Mike Stoops' staff.

Wyatt said Friday evening he was still employed by the UA and not prepared to comment.

Messages left for UA coach Mike Stoops and offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes were not returned Friday.

However, a job opening for a full-time assistant football coach was posted on the University of Arizona's Web site Friday.

"He said he had a better opportunity," Matt Scott, a UA recruit from Corona, Calif., told the Star on Friday. "His main goal is to be a head coach; before he can do that, he needs to become an offensive coordinator."

Wyatt, 41, was hired last fall to help implement the Air Zona offense under first-year coordinator Sonny Dykes.

Under Wyatt's tutelage, junior wideout Mike Thomas caught 83 passes for 1,038 yards and 11 touchdowns. Thomas was named first-team All Pac-10. Wyatt was also credited for the development of Terrell Reese, Terrell Turner and Delashaun Dean.

Off the field, Wyatt was viewed as one of the Pac-10 Conference's top recruiters. Stoops put Wyatt in charge of the talent-rich areas of Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Wyatt previously coached at Wyoming, Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, and with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings.