Andrew Thacker
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Current position | |
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Title | Defensive coordinator |
Team | Georgia Tech |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Cartersville, Georgia | May 31, 1985
Playing career | |
2004–2007 | Furman |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2008–2009 | UCF (GA) |
2010–2012 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
2013 | Southern Miss (S) |
2014 | Atlanta Falcons (assistant) |
2015 | UCF (S) |
2016 | Kennesaw State (LB) |
2017 | Temple (LB) |
2018 | Temple (DC) |
2019–present | Georgia Tech (DC) |
Andrew Thacker (born May 31, 1985) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After a standout high school career at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia and Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, Thacker attended and played college football at Furman University (2004–2007), where he was a three-year starter at safety. Thacker was the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year in 2004 and went 35–15 during his time as a Paladin.[1]
Coaching career[]
After graduating from Furman, Thacker coached at UCF, Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, Kennesaw State and back at UCF before becoming Temple's linebacker coach underneath Geoff Collins in 2017. After a year as linebackers coach, Thacker was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2018.[2]
References[]
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Cartersville, Georgia
- People from Cumming, Georgia
- People from Gainesville, Georgia
- Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American football defensive backs
- Furman Paladins football players
- Coaches of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- UCF Knights football coaches
- Oklahoma State Cowboys football coaches
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles football coaches
- Atlanta Falcons coaches
- Kennesaw State Owls football coaches
- Temple Owls football coaches
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football coaches
- American football biography stubs