Brent Vieselmeyer

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Brent Vieselmeyer
Current position
TitleLinebackers coach
Team UAB
Biographical details
Born (1975-09-29) September 29, 1975 (age 49)
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999-2006 Orange Lutheran HS (Defensive coordinator)
2007-2012 Valor Christian HS
2013-2014 Houston Baptist (Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach)
2015-2016 Oakland Raiders (Assistant linebackers)
2017 Oakland Raiders (Safeties)
2018 Kansas (Offensive analyst)
2019 Santa Margarita Catholic HS
2020-2022 Washington Football Team / Washington Commanders (Assistant defensive backs)
2023 Washington Football Team / Washington Commanders (Defensive backs)
2025-present UAB (Linebackers)

Brent Vieselmeyer (born September 29, 1975) is an American football coach. He played college football as a linebacker for the University of Redlands and Concordia University Wisconsin, and has served as an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL), along with various coaching roles in high school and college football. [1]

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Coaching career

Early career

Vieselmeyer began his career as a high school coach. From 1999 through 2006, he was the defensive coordinator for Orange Lutheran High School. He left after the 2006 season to start the football program for Valor Christian High School, where he first met Jack Del Rio, then-defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos. Vieselmeyer’s program at Valor Christian accumulated a 55-12 win-loss record during his 6 seasons as their head coach. [2]

Houston Baptist University

Vieselmeyer was hired as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2013 by Houston Baptist University for their program’s inaugural season. [3] [4] After a developmental 2013 season of exhibition-only play, Houston Baptist went 2-9 in the 2014 season with Vieselmeyer as co-DC. [5]

Oakland Raiders

In 2015, Vieselmeyer was hired as the assistant linebackers coach of the Oakland Raiders, part of new head coach Jack Del Rio’s staff. [6] He was promoted to safeties coach for the 2017 season. [7] Following Del Rio being fired at the end of the 2017 season, he was not retained by new head coach Jon Gruden.

Return to college and high school coaching

After leaving the Raiders, Vieselmyer spent the 2018 season as an offensive analyst for Kansas Jayhawks football team. He then returned to his previous career as a high school football coach, spending the 2019 season as the head coach for Santa Margarita Catholic High School. [8]

Washington Football Team / Commanders

In January 2020, Vieselmeyer was hired as the new assistant defensive backs and nickel coach for the Washington Football Team, then known as the Redskins. [9] This reunited him with Jack Del Rio, who was hired as the defensive coordinator under new head coach Ron Rivera.

In February 2023, Vieselmeyer was promoted to defensive backs coach, replacing Chris Harris, who left for a position with the Tennessee Titans. [10]

Along with Del Rio, Vieselmeyer was fired following a 45-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, in which the team had allowed the most points in the NFL by that point in the season. [11]

UAB

On January 2, 2025, Vieselmeyer was officially hired as the linebackers coach for UAB. [12] The move reunited him with UAB defensive coordinator Steve Russ and defensive line coach Sam Mills III, both of whom Vieselmeyer served with on the Commanders coaching staff from 2020-2022. [13]

Personal life

Vieselmeyer grew up in Tustin, California, and graduated from Orange Lutheran High school in 1994. [14] [15] His father was his defensive coordinator; he later handed these duties to Brent after he graduated from college.

Vieselmeyer played college football as a linebacker for University of Redlands and Concordia University Wisconsin, graduating from Concordia in 1999 with a bachelors degree in education, and later receiving a masters degree in educational administration from University of Phoenix in 2005. [16] His father, Dean Vieselmeyer, was a reverend, theology professor, and longtime administrator for Concordia University Irvine. He also co-founded the football program at Orange Lutheran High School, coaching alongside Brent for several years. His mother, Dian, also spent over 30 years as an academic advisor, administrator, and professor for Concordia University Irvine. [17] [18]

Vieselmeyer coached former college quarterback and NFL assistant coach Luke Del Rio in high school at Valor Christian. [19] Vieselmeyer is married with two daughters. [20]

References

  1. "Brent Vieselmeyer Rounds Out Football Staff". HBU Athletics.
  2. "Four things to know about Brent Vieselmeyer". www.commanders.com.
  3. "Brent Vieselmeyer Rounds Out Football Staff". Houston Christian University Athletics. January 16, 2013.
  4. "2014 HBU Football Media Guide" (PDF).
  5. "2014 Football Schedule". Houston Christian University Athletics.
  6. "Raiders 2015 coaching staff at a glance". February 9, 2015.
  7. Reeve Jr., Will (March 9, 2017). "Raiders' Rod Woodson to coach cornerbacks, not safeties in 2017". USAToday.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  8. Mielke, Shane. "2019 Varsity Coaches - Santa Margarita Eagles Football". eaglesfootball.com.
  9. Washington Commanders Public Relations (January 15, 2020). "Redskins Announce Coaching Staff". Commanders.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  10. Washington Commanders Public Relations (February 28, 2023). "Commanders announce staff changes". Commanders.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  11. Patra, Kevin. "Commanders fire defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio in wake of blowout loss to Cowboys". NFL.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  12. "Brent Vieselmeyer Named UAB Football Linebackers Coach". UAB Athletics.
  13. "Sam Mills III Named UAB's Defensive Line Coach". UAB Athletics.
  14. https://www.cuwfalcons.com/sports/fball/1997-98/bios/vieselmeyer_brent_r2sb%5B%5D
  15. "A Tribute To Rev. Dr. "Coach" Dean Vieselmeyer". blog.lhsoc.org.
  16. "Brent Vieselmeyer Rounds Out Football Staff". Houston Christian University Athletics. January 16, 2013.
  17. "Concordia's Dynamic Duo". www.cui.edu.
  18. "Meet the Team | Master's In Coaching & Athletics Administration | Concordia University Irvine". www.cui.edu.
  19. Nguyen, Joe (February 11, 2015). "Brent Vieselmeyer, former Valor coach, joins Oakland Raiders".
  20. "Brent Vieselmeyer". uabsports.com.