New Idaho football coach Paul Petrino announced the completion of his coaching staff on Wednesday, as well as the signing of four junior college transfers.

Patrick Libey is one of two assistants Petrino retained from Robb Akey's coaching staff. Libey will coach defensive linemen. The other is tight ends coach Al Pupunu. Libey was secondary coach and special teams coordinator under Akey.

Petrino also said that Kris Cinkovich will be the offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach, Jon Carvin will coach the offensive line, Jason Schumacher will coach running backs and Bryce Erickson, son of former Vandal coach Dennis Erickson, will coach quarterbacks.

Cinkovich coached receivers at Arkansas the past three years, where Petrino was offensive coordinator. He played at Carroll under Petrino's father, and later coached Petrino there.

Ronnie Lee is the defensive coordinator/secondary coach, Mike Anderson will coach linebackers and Mike Mickens will coach cornerbacks.

Some of these hires were previously announced.

"I went out and got the two best coordinators that I could get," Petrino said. "They've both coached at the highest level you can coach at - they've coached in the Big 10 and the SEC. And then I wanted to go find the hungriest, brightest, up-and-coming soldiers that I could find. When I came to Idaho in '92 (as an assistant), that's what John L. (Smith) always did. ... and understand that we're going to be good, and we're going to win, and people might want to come and take the coordinators, and if that happens, great. That means we're being successful. Then you bring your young guys along and train them to be the next guy."

JC running backs Jerrel Brown (College of San Mateo) and Kris Olugbode (City College of San Francisco) have signed with Idaho, as have linebackers Marc Millan (Santa Ana College) and Eric Tuipulotu (College of San Mateo).

"I felt there were two needs we had to address right away; were the running backs and the linebackers," Petrino said.

He said Idaho has “about 13 commitments” so far, and said he’s looking forward to getting back on the road recruiting in January.

National Signing Day is Feb. 6.

Petrino said he plans to sign one junior college quarterback to come in and compete for the job this fall, and sign one high school QB that he can redshirt next season.

Returning quarterbacks on the current roster are Taylor Davis, who will be a senior next year, and former Coeur d’Alene High standout Chad Chalich and Austin DeCoud, who both redshirted as freshmen this past season.

Since the JC QB likely won’t join the team until fall, the quarterback competition between the returning three signal-callers “will definitely be wide open in the spring, and whoever comes out of that will be the starter,” with the JC transfer joining the competition in the fall.

Petrino said he started making phone calls to prospective recruits shortly after being announced as head coach earlier this month. And he’s also watched tape to evaluate the current players.

“I felt like one of the strengths might be the offensive line,” he said. “Defensive line, we felt pretty good, thought there was some speed at the cornerback position, but maybe a little undersized. And we thought there were a couple of receivers that had a chance to be pretty good players.”

Petrino said he’s encountered a pretty good response in recruiting so far, despite the Vandals’ shaky status as an FBS independent in 2013, and unsure of conference affiliation after that.

“I think one thing that’s helped us is me coming from the SEC,” Petrino said. “And then taking the job, they feel like I feel like there’s obviously great things that can happen here. I think that helps going into the homes. They feel like, I came here, I believe in it, I believe things are going to go well ... they believe in what’s going on here. And the reason I’m here is the reason they want to come here also.”