Current position | |
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Title | Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach |
Team | East Tennessee State |
Conference | SoCon |
Biographical details | |
Born | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | December 27, 1957
Playing career | |
1978–1979 | Humboldt State |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1980 | Cal State Northridge (SA) |
1981–1982 | Humboldt State (assistant) |
1983–1984 | Arizona (GA) |
1985 | Arizona (OLB) |
1986 | Arizona (DL) |
1987–1992 | USC (DL) |
1993–1994 | Oklahoma (DL) |
1995–2000 | Arizona State (DL) |
2002 | Arizona Rattlers (FB/LB) |
2002 | Eastern Michigan (OLB) |
2003 | Louisville (LB) |
2004–2005 | Louisville (DL) |
2006 | Louisville (co-DC/DL) |
2007 | Atlanta Falcons (DL) |
2009–2011 | Las Vegas Locomotives (DL) |
2012 | Purdue (DL) |
2013 | FIU (ST) |
2014–2015 | UConn (DL/RC) |
2016 | UConn (ST/LB) |
2017 | Purdue (QC) |
2018 | Purdue (DL) |
2019 | Purdue (STC/DL) |
2020–2023 | San Diego State (DA) |
2024–present | East Tennessee State (co-DC/LB) |
Kevin Wolthausen (born December 27, 1957) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at East Tennessee State University, a position he has held since 2024.
Wolthausen was hired as the defensive line coach for the Purdue Boilermakers football team on February 8, 2012. [1] Wolthausen was relieved of his duties the following season, when head coach Danny Hope was fired.
Wolthausen was named the FIU Panthers Special teams coach on February 4, 2013. [2]
On January 7, 2014, Wolthausen was named the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for the Connecticut Huskies football team under new head coach Bob Diaco. [3] Wolthausen was shifted to linebackers and special teams coach in 2016.
On June 2, 2017, Wolthausen returned to Purdue as a quality control coach for new head coach Jeff Brohm. [4]
In 2024, Wolthausen was named co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for East Tennessee State. [5]
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