Former Washington State offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy has been named the wide receivers coach of the ISU football team, the school announced Tuesday.

Sturdy was the architect of a passing offense that ranked No. 9 nationally among FBS schools in 2011 at Washington State.

“It is a real coup for us to get a coach from Tipton, Iowa, who has been an offensive coordinator, a play-caller, and proven himself as a West Coast recruiter,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads in a news release.

“Todd Sturdy brings all of that to Iowa State as a coach with a stellar reputation based on all that he has accomplished. He has been a Pac-12 offensive coordinator for four years, a head coach for 12 years and a football coach for 22 years with success at each stop. That says it all.”

Sturdy spent 12 seasons as the coach at St. Ambrose, where he accumulated an overall record of 85-40. From there, he served as the offensive coordinator at Eastern Washington in 2007 and moved on to that position at Washington State in 2008.

“I was attracted to this job by Paul Rhoads, specifically what he has done with this program and the direction it is heading under his leadership,” Sturdy said. “Coaching in the Big 12 Conference, a premier league, also is a plus. Finally, it is great to get back to Iowa, which is still home to a lot of our family.”