Let's not forget that Corley was possibly put in an awkward position as being the WR's coach. He was actually hired to be the RB coach but then PSU hired Ja'Juan Seider, mainly because of his ability to recruit Florida, to be the RB's coach and Corley was switched to WR's coach.  He did have some experience at coaching the WR position as he did that while a coach at Connecticut. Here are some highlights of David Corley's coaching career.

• Prior to his stint at Army, Corley was at the University of Connecticut for three seasons where he served in a variety of roles, including running backs coach, special teams coordinator, wide receivers coach and director of player engagement.
• In his final season with the Huskies, Corley guided Arkeel Newsome to more than 1,400 all-purpose yards with 715 rushing yards and five touchdowns to go along with 273 receiving yards.
• He also served as the offensive coordinator for the Huskies for the final month of the season.
• In Corley’s season as the wide outs coach in 2015, he helped Noel Thomas see his production double from the previous season with 719 yards on 54 receptions with a trio of touchdowns.
• In his role as the special teams coordinator, Corley led the Huskies’ punt return defense to a top-20 national ranking.
• In 2014, Corley helped Newsome become the first UConn true freshman to accumulate 1,000 all-purpose yards since 2002.
• As the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator in 2013, he guided Tre McBride to first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) recognition. McBride was the first Tribe wide out in more than a decade to claim first-team honors.
• He served as the quarterbacks coach from 2010-12.
• In his two seasons (2008-09) as the running backs coach at W&M, Corley mentored Jonathan Grimes, who broke freshman records for both rushing and all-purpose yards and eventually jumped into the program’s top-10 in career rushing and rushing touchdowns as a sophomore. He graduated as the most decorated player in CAA history with 11 all-conference honors in his career.

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Corley may not be as bad as some say and he is responsible for recruiting some good players as well.  5* Ricky Slade, 4* Daniel Goerge, and 3* Emery Simmons can all be attributed to Corley.