Football

Kalen DeBoer

Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

• Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced on Jan. 21, 2019, the hiring of Kalen DeBoer as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

• A three-time national champion head coach at the University of Sioux Falls (2006, 2008-09) and veteran play-caller of 19 years, DeBoer comes to Bloomington after stints as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Fresno State University (2017-18), and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Eastern Michigan University (2014-16).

• Before his arrival, Fresno State ranked 120th nationally in total offense only to jump to 47th over his two seasons, while Eastern Michigan moved from 111th to 35th. The Bulldogs went 22-6 in his 28 games as coordinator after a 4-20 mark the previous two campaigns, and the Eagles made the program’s second bowl game and posted their first winning record (2016) since 1995.

• FSU became the second team in FBS history to record a double-digit win year (10-4 in 2017) on the heels of a double-digit loss season (1-11 in 2016). The nine-win turnaround was the largest in the country, a feat matched by EMU in 2016 (+6).

• Spent four campaigns as offensive coordinator at Southern Illinois University (2010-13) and posted a 67-3 record (.957) in five years as the head coach at his alma mater after he directed the Sioux Falls offense from 2000-04.

• Fresno State reached unprecedented heights in 2018, as the Bulldogs posted a school-record 12 victories, highlighted by a Mountain West Championship Game win over No. 19 Boise State and a Las Vegas Bowl triumph over Arizona State. FSU ranked No. 18 in the final AP and Amway Coaches Polls, ranked 26th nationally in scoring offense (34.6) and 29th in passing offense (267.1), and produced five all-conference honorees.

• Quarterback Marcus McMaryion enjoyed great success under DeBoer’s tutelage, as he went 21-4 as the starter. In 2018, McMaryion threw 25 touchdowns (T-26th nationally) and just five interceptions (T-21st) for 3,629 yards (13th, 5th in program history) with a 68.6 completion percentage (7th, 1st). He totaled 3,923 yards (9th, 4th) with 284 yards on the ground and eight rushing TDs.

• McMaryion accounted for 3,094 total yards and 18 scores in 2017. Once again, he completed over 60.0 percent (62.1) with 14 touchdowns and five picks. He owns two of the top seven lowest-interception percentage rates in Bulldog history.

• KeeSean Johnson, the program’s career receptions and yardage leader, ranked fourth nationally with 95 catches and sixth with 1,340 yards in 2018. Both marks ranked fifth in school single-season history, and he also finished sixth in Fresno State lore with 24 career scores.

• Jared Rice ranked fourth among tight ends nationally with 55 grabs and seventh with 664 yards to go along with three touchdowns and a 12.1 average per reception.

• The Bulldogs finished eighth nationally in team passing efficiency (156.58), tied for 15th in turnovers lost (14), tied for 19th nationally in red zone offense (89.5 percent) and 25th in third-down conversions (44.6).

• Up front, FSU’s offensive line ranked in the top six nationally in fewest sacks and tackles for loss allowed per game in both 2017 (3rd, 3rd) and 2018 (6th, 5th).

• En route to matching the largest FBS win turnaround in 2016, DeBoer’s Eastern Michigan offense bested the program’s previous total offense mark by over 900 yards (5,917-5,010) and set records for points scored (385), passing yardage (3,849), touchdown passes (25), first downs (303), completions (309) and total plays (999).

• His unit collected the second-most TDs (47) and rushing scores (21) in a season, the most single-game total plays (99), and the second-most single-game touchdowns (8) and first downs (35).

• Coached the wide receivers as well at Southern Illinois, where the Salukis topped 10 top-25 opponents in his four years.

• DeBoer’s 2013 offense led the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 231.8 passing yards per game, the fourth-highest total in school history. SIU’s 25 passing TDs tied for the third-highest mark in school history.

• Tight end MyCole Pruitt was named to the 2013 American Football Coaches Association FCS All-America team, while receiver John Lantz earned All-MVFC recognition.

• The Salukis ranked third in the nation with an average of 183.1 rushing yards a contest in 2011. Bryan Boemer was named the Rimington Award winner, which is presented to the nation’s premier center.

• A three-time NAIA National Coach of the Year at Sioux Falls, DeBoer won four Great Plains Athletic Conference titles, 50-straight home games and 29-consecutive games overall in his final two years. He boasted a 17-2 playoff record, 49-1 conference ledger and appeared in four-straight national championship games (2006-09).

• Mentored three NAIA National Players of the Year: quarterbacks Lorenzo Brown (2009) and Chad Cavender (2007), and running back Nick Kortan (2002), and assisted in the development of 25 first-team All-Americans.

• An All-American at wide receiver, DeBoer set school records for receptions (234), receiving yardage (3,400) and touchdown catches (33) from 1993-96.

• Upon the conclusion of his playing career, he was a student assistant at USF (1997) and an assistant coach at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, S.D., (1998-99).

• Kalen and his wife, Nicole, have two daughters, Alexis (13) and Avery (6).

Mark Hagen

Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line

Former Indiana player and assistant coach Mark Hagen returned to the Hoosiers as assistant defensive coordinator and defensive line coach on Feb. 10, 2016. He worked with IU in 2011 and 2012 before he moved on to Texas A&M from 2013-15. Defensive tackle Ralph Green III earned 2016 honorable mention All-Big Ten and played in the East-West Shrine Game with Hagen’s mentoring.

Under Hagen, the Indiana defense limited its opponents to 35.3 fewer rushing yards per game last season. He oversaw a young and deep group in 2016, in which five linemen collected at least five tackles for loss and nine registered at least one sack.

As a Carmel, Ind., native, Hagen was a four-year letterwinner (1987, 89-91), two-time second team All-Big Ten selection, three-time Academic All-Big Ten winner, 1992 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient and a captain at linebacker for the Hoosiers. He was the graduate and administrative assistant at IU from 1992-95. Hagen was a part of five bowl games, including the 1991 Copper Bowl, where he was named the bowl’s Most Valuable Defensive Player.

Hagen owns 25 years of coaching experience, including 21 in the Big Ten and the SEC, and has coached in 12 bowl games. He served as the Indiana defensive tackles coach and special teams coordinator in 2011-12, and added recruiting coordinator duties in 2012 and coached 20 players who have moved on to the NFL, including Hoosiers defensive linemen Larry Black, Jr., and Adam Replogle, kicker Mitch Ewald, return specialist Shane Wynn and long snapper Matt Dooley. In addition to his success on the field, Rivals.com has twice recognized Hagen as one of the top recruiters in the country.

At A&M, he was the Aggies defensive coordinator in their 2014 AutoZone Liberty Bowl victory over West Virginia. He coached the linebackers in 2013 and 2014, and the defensive tackles in 2015. He oversaw the Purdue University linebackers in 2006-07 and 2009-10, after he worked with the defensive tackles from 2000-05 and again in 2008. He served as special teams coordinator from 2003-08 and as assistant head coach under Joe Tiller from 2005-08. From 2000-04, the Boilermakers ranked third, third, fourth, third and second in the Big Ten in rushing defense. They were 46th in the nation in 2000, 34th in 2001, 23rd in 2002, 10th in 2003 and 14th in 2004. Hagen spent four years at Northern Illinois University from 1996-99. He coached the defensive tackles and also managed camps and clinics.

As a player, Hagen led the team in tackles three straight years from 1989-91 and was the team’s Balfour Award recipient in 1991 for bringing distinction and honor to the university. He is tied for fifth in Hoosiers history with 336 career tackles. He is a member of Carmel High School’s 1986 state championship team.

Hagen graduated from Indiana with a B.S. in marketing in 1991. He earned an M.S. in sport marketing and management from Indiana in 1995.

Mike Hart

Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the hiring of Mike Hart as running backs coach on March 3, 2017.

“We are very excited to welcome Mike Hart to our staff,” Allen said. “He was a tremendous player in the Big Ten, played with the Colts and has an impressive reputation in this part of the country. I love the way he’s developed running backs and the level he has recruited as a coach. We are thrilled to have him as a part of our family.”

The University of Michigan’s all-time rushing leader, Hart spent three years with the Indianapolis Colts before entering the coaching ranks in 2011. A 2008 sixth round draft choice, Hart carried the ball 71 times for 264 yards in his 21-game NFL career. His best season came in 2010, when he gained 185 yards on 43 carries.

“I’m excited to be back in the state of Indiana,” Hart said. “I jumped at the opportunity to work with Tom Allen. I believe I will become a better coach and a better man on his staff. Joining Mike DeBord, my offensive coordinator in college, and Nick Sheridan, my former teammate, made this decision a no-brainer.”

In his six seasons as a coach, Hart has tutored three 1,000-yard rushers, two Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman of the Year and the 2014 MAC Offensive Player of the Year, Jarvion Franklin. Prior to his season as running backs coach at Syracuse (2016), Hart led the running backs at Western Michigan University (2014-15) and Eastern Michigan University (2012-13). He broke into coaching as a quality control assistant for offense at EMU in 2011. Both of Hart’s WMU 1,000-yard rushers collected MAC Freshman of the Year honors. Jamauri Bogan rushed for 1,051 yards and finished second in the conference with 16 rushing touchdowns in 2015. Franklin gained 1,551 yards, the second-highest freshman total nationally, and set program single-season records for points (150) and rushing scores (24). In addition to MAC Freshman and Offensive Player of the Year honors, he was named an USA Today Freshman All-American.

The Broncos earned consecutive bowl bids for the first time in school history. They defeated Middle Tennessee in the 2015 Bahamas Bowl for the program’s first bowl win and participated in the 2014 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Hart oversaw a 2013 Eastern Michigan rushing attack that racked up 1,896 yards, the 12th-most in team history. Bronson Hill ranked 31st nationally in rushing, eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark and secured third team all-league plaudits. In 2012, EMU ran for 1,960 yards and 13 touchdowns. Hart, a two-time Doak Walker Award finalist, finished fifth in the 2006 Heisman Trophy voting. The four-year starter (2004-07) set school career records for carries (1,015) and rushing yardage (5,040), and is third with 41 touchdowns. He ranks fourth in Big Ten history in career attempts and fifth in career rushing yardage, and set the U-M freshman rushing record with 1,455 yards on 282 carries and scored nine times. It was the second-highest rookie rushing total in B1G history, and Hart became just the third true freshman to lead the conference in rushing, joining Ron Dayne (Wisconsin, 1996) and Darrel Thompson (Minnesota, 1986). He earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan in 2009.

Grant Heard

Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers

Grant Heard joined the Hoosiers as passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach on Jan. 4, 2017.

He completed his fifth season as the wide receivers coach at Ole Miss in 2016 and has worked with Indiana head coach Tom Allen at Ole Miss, Arkansas State and Lambuth.

“Grant Heard is one of the top wide receiver coaches in the country,” Allen said. “He will bring his expertise to the receivers room, a group of very talented players. We are blessed and excited to have him as a part of our family. He will coordinate the passing game and allow us to build off of the strong past that we have created with our ability to throw the football.”

He mentored 2015 Biletnikoff Award finalist Laquon Treadwell, the program’s first Biletnikoff finalist. Treadwell caught 82 passes (2nd in the SEC) for an SEC-leading 1,153 yards and 11 touchdowns. Treadwell broke 15 school records in 2015 and was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, while fellow Heard standout Cody Core was selected in the sixth round by the Cincinnati Bengals.

“I am extremely thrilled and blessed to join the Indiana football program,” Heard said. “To be able to come and work for Tom Allen is an honor for me and my family. I’ve worked with Tom for a number of years, know what he is all about and believe in what he stands for. I’m ready for a new challenge and to bring a different perspective to the staff.”

Heard’s 2015 receiving corps was one of four in the nation with seven or more players who caught at least 20 balls. Ole Miss broke nearly every offensive school record during the campaign, while it led the conference and ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring (40.8), total (517.8) and passing offense (334.7).

In 2014, Ole Miss was the only SEC school to place three receivers in the top 12 in touchdown catches. The previous season Treadwell (5.58) and current Indianapolis Colts wideout Donte Moncrief (4.42) ranked inside the league’s top eight in receptions per game, and Moncrief was No. 6 in the SEC in receiving yards per game (68.8). Ole Miss broke then school records for total offense (473.3), pass completions (310) and pass attempts (490). The Rebels ranked third in the conference in passing offense (283.3) and fifth in total offense, while finishing in the NCAA’s top 25 in both categories.

The 2013 SEC Freshman of the Year, Treadwell set freshman records in catches (67), receiving yards (557) and touchdown receptions (5). He topped all SEC freshman receivers in catches, yards and TDs. Moncrief declared for the NFL Draft after his junior year and finished his career in the top three in program history in receptions, yards and scores. He was selected by the Colts in the third round (90th pick).

Served as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas State (2010-11). Quarterback Ryan Aplin, the 2011 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, established school single-season records for total offense and passing yards per game, and he ranked No. 10 in the nation in total offense.

Prior to ASU, Heard spent 2008 and 2009 as Lambuth’s offensive coordinator. The 2008 Eagles accumulated 5,861 yards and became the No. 1 offense in NAIA. Lambuth finished third in the nation in scoring offense and fourth in passing efficiency.

As a wide receiver at Ole Miss (1996-2000), Heard helped the Rebels to four bowl games and graduated as the school’s all-time leader in career receptions and touchdowns. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 2001. He signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2002 and was sent to play in NFL Europe. He appeared in preseason games for the San Francisco 49ers in 2001. Upon completion of his playing career, Heard started his coaching career as the quarterbacks, wide receivers and special teams coach at Jackson (Miss.) Preparatory High School in 2002 before he moved on to Hargrave Military Academy, where he led the wide receivers and helped Hargrave to an 8-1 record the following season.

He joined the collegiate ranks as an offensive graduate assistant at N.C. State in 2004 and returned to Ole Miss as an offensive graduate assistant in 2005-06. He assisted in coaching the receivers and tight ends, and he tutored future NFL players Mike Wallace, Shay Hodge, Marshay Green, Mike Espy and Taye Biddle.

In 2007, Heard moved on to Western Michigan and coached wide receivers. He oversaw first team All-MAC selection Jamarko Simmons, the 15th-ranked receiver in the nation, and the receiving corps gained over 3,000 yards and scored 23 touchdowns.

Grant is married to the former Renata Nowacki, who was a four-year letterwinner on the Ole Miss volleyball team (1997-2000), his brother, Ronnie, was also a standout at Ole Miss and in the NFL.

Darren Hiller

Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the addition of Darren Hiller to the Hoosiers staff on Feb. 10, 2017. Hiller will serve as run game coordinator and offensive line coach.

“I have known Darren Hiller for a number of years and have always been so impressed with him, both as a person and as a coach,” Allen said. “He is a tremendous teacher in the area of the offensive line. Darren does a great job mentoring young men and finding ways to motivate them to play at their highest level. He has been a part of a tremendous offensive attack at South Florida and I think that will continue with us here at Indiana.”

A 23-year coaching veteran, Hiller spent 2016 as co-offensive coordinator, run game coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of South Florida. He coached 20 players who went on to the NFL, including tackle Kofi Amichia, a sixth round selection by the Green Bay Packers in the 2017 NFL Draft. The USF offense ranked fourth nationally in scoring (43.8), fifth in rushing (285.3) and 11th in total offense (511.5). His line led the American Athletic Conference and ranked 14th nationally, allowing just 15 sacks in 13 games.

“I’m very excited to have the opportunity to work with Tom Allen,” Hiller said. “He’s a friend of mine and he’s going to be wonderful to work for. I know Indiana’s offense has been really good these last few years. Being up in Cincinnati, I had an eye on what was happening over in Bloomington. I look forward to helping build on the success they’ve had and getting to work with Mike DeBord.”

South Florida quarterback Quinton Flowers rushed for 100-plus yards in six games and running back Marlon Mack rushed for 100-plus yards five times. The Bulls scored 30-plus points in all 13 games and established program records for points (569), touchdowns (77), total yards (6,650), rushing yards (3,714) and rushing TDs (47).

From 2013-15, Hiller coached the offensive line at the University of Cincinnati. Behind the top three offensive campaigns in school history, the Bearcats won the 2014 American championship and appeared in three bowl games. UC produced over 5,900 total yards, 3,900 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards each season during Hiller’s tenure. Cincinnati set 18 program offensive records in 2015, including total offense (6,690), passing yardage (4,679) and first downs (370). The Bearcats ranked sixth nationally in total offense and averaged 33.8 points per game. Hiller’s 2014 offensive line ranked third nationally with just 3.4 tackles for loss allowed per game.

With the University of Nevada in 2012, the Wolfpack’s rushing attack finished seventh in the country. He mentored 16 All-Sun Belt Conference players, five NFL draft selections and five NFL free agents in his decade at Arkansas State University (2002-11). The Red Wolves earned a pair of conference championships, including a 10-2 record and a GoDaddy.com Bowl appearance in 2011. Allen was an assistant head coach on the 2011 ASU staff. Prior to Arkansas State, Hiller spent 2001 at Northwestern State University. He tutored two All-Southland Conference players and helped the team advance to the I-AA playoffs and spent 1999-2000 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. The team finished in the top five of Division II in total and scoring offense and broke 30 program offensive records. Four players earned All-Gulf South Conference recognition. A two-year starter at offensive guard and team captain at West Texas A&M (previously West Texas State), Hiller began his coaching career at the school from 1994-98. He assisted the program to the No. 1 ranked offense nationally and guided nine All-Lone Star Conference players.

William Inge

Special Teams Coordinator

William Inge is in his fifth season as Indiana’s linebackers coach and was named one of the Big Ten’s top 10 recruiters by Rivals.com in 2014.

Tegray Scales earned 2016 SI.com second team All-America honors, the first IU linebacker recognized on an All-America team since 1987. Scales led the country with 23.5 tackles for loss and 93 solo stops. His 126 tackles topped the Big Ten and ranked 10th nationally.

Inge is a two-time honorable mention All-Big Ten, team captain and Hoosiers Defensive Teammate of the Year Marcus Oliver closed out his career as the program’s all-time leader with 12 forced fumbles. Oliver led the conference and shared fourth nationally with five forced fumbles to go along with 96 stops, 65 solos (3rd in the B1G), four sacks and 15.5 TFLs (T-3rd in the B1G) one season ago. Four linebackers have picked up Big Ten All-Freshman honors during Inge’s tenure, including Scales, who secured a spot on the 2014 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American team. Clyde Newton, Oliver and T.J. Simmons collected 2013 Big Ten All-Freshman team honors. Simmons tied an Indiana freshman record with 12 starts at middle linebacker en route to CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America honorable mention recognition.

He was the Buffalo Bills assistant defensive line coach in 2012 after two seasons as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University at Buffalo. Coached all-pro defensive end Mario Williams and defensive tackle Kyle Williams. In addition he mentored Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack, who was selected No. 5 in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. Mack was named the 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and is a two-time first team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection.

Inge has 16 years of coaching experience with stints as the linebackers coach at the University of Cincinnati (2008-09) and San Diego State University (2006-07). A St. Louis native, Inge lettered four years at the University of Iowa (1993-96). He returned to his alma mater in 1998 and spent three years as the Hawkeyes recruiting coordinator and graduate assistant. He began his career at Northern Iowa University in 2001. In his four seasons, he was elevated to co-defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. At Cincinnati, Inge helped the Bearcats to back-to-back BIG EAST championships and appearances in the 2009 Orange Bowl and the 2010 Sugar Bowl. His linebackers led the team in tackles in each of his two years, and coached leading tackler Russell Allen to All-Mountain West Conference honors with San Diego State.

He participated in the 2011 Bill Walsh NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship program with the Bills and worked a part of the team’s training camp and is one of seven Division I assistant coaches and athletic directors from across the nation invited to take part in the NCAA’s 2011 Champion Forum. The Buffalo’s 2010 defense finished 32nd nationally in total defense and ranked second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in pass defense. He mentored first team All-MAC defensive backs Davonte Shannon and Domonic Cook. Shannon finished his career with a school record 461 tackles. In 2008, his starting linebackers held three of the team’s top four spots in tackles. Corey Smith signed a free agent deal with the Kansas City Chiefs following the campaign.

Prior to his stint with the Aztecs, he was the defensive line coach at the University of Colorado in 2005. The Buffaloes claimed the Big 12 North Division title and advanced to the Big 12 championship game.

At Iowa he went 17-7 in his junior and senior years, including wins in the Sun and Alamo Bowls. He capped his collegiate career by playing in the 1997 Hula Bowl. Serving as a team co-captain his senior season at Iowa,  he collected honorable mention All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten accolades. Inge posted 173 tackles, 24 sacks and 37 tackles for loss. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports, health, leisure, and physical studies (1996), and his master’s degree in athletic administration (1999).

Brandon Shelby

Cornerbacks Coach

Cornerbacks coach Brandon Shelby is entering his seventh season at Indiana and completed a Bill Walsh NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Houston Texans in June 2017.

Three times under Shelby a Hoosier has paced the B1G in both categories. Tim Bennett topped the nation with 20 PBUs and 21 passes defended en route to 2013 honorable mention all-conference recognition, and Rashard Fant added 22 and 23, respectively, in 2015. Playing alongside Fant last year, true freshman A-Shon Riggins claimed honorable mention BTN.com All-Freshman accolades. Riggins shared sixth in league games only with 10 passes defended.

The 2016 Hoosiers ranked first nationally allowing 94.1 fewer passing yards per game. The cornerbacks combined for 143 tackles, 118 solo, 7.5 tackles for loss, 20 pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 2014.

Shelby tutored first-year starter Brian Williams in 2012. Williams made 58 tackles with a half-sack, one INT, one fumble recovery and eight pass breakups, which tied for the team lead. Greg Heban started all 12 games in 2011 and led the team with two picks, shared the lead with six PBUs, finished third with 62 stops and added one sack, 1.5 TFLs and one fumble recovery.

Shelby spent 2010 as cornerbacks coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Robert Nelson, who is currently a member of the Houston Texans, finished with 55 tackles, two interceptions, seven pass breakups, five tackles for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery. In 2009, Shelby coached the secondary at Portland State University and managed the defensive backs at the University of San Diego in 2008. He mentored cornerback DeShawn Shead at Portland State. Shead is a member of the Seattle Seahawks. He signed as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and was a member of the 2013 Super Bowl champions.

San Diego posted a 9-2 mark and three of Shelby’s players earned all-conference honors. Al-Rilwan Adeyemi was named Pioneer League Freshman Defensive Player of the Year after finishing the season with five interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns.

Beginning his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, as a defensive assistant in 2006. The Sooners won the Big 12 Championship and went on to play in the Fiesta Bowl that season. Shelby spent the 2007 season as a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona before moving on to San Diego, and participated in the inaugural Future Coaches Academy in San Antonio in January 2007, a workshop held in conjunction with the NCAA, American Football Coaches Association, the Black Coaches Association and the National Football League.

Shelby was a standout defensive back at Oklahoma, where he participated in two BCS National Championship games and three straight BCS bowl games. As a four-year letterman (2001-04), he earned both All-Big 12 honors and Academic All-Big 12 honors. In 2002, he tied a then Oklahoma record with four sacks for a defensive back. He graduated from Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2004 and a master’s degree in human relations in 2005.

Nick Sheridan

Tight Ends Coach

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the addition of Nick Sheridan to the Hoosiers staff on Feb. 10, 2017. Sheridan will oversee the quarterbacks.

“Nick Sheridan is a young offensive mind that I am very impressed with,” Allen said. “I love the fact that he is a coach’s son. He has been around this game his entire life. We feel like we got a young Shawn Watson in Nick Sheridan.”

Sheridan worked as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-16. In his final two seasons in Knoxville, Sheridan worked under current IU offensive coordinator and former Vols offensive coordinator Mike DeBord.

“I’m appreciative of the chance to work for Tom Allen at IU, a place that is known for excellence in athletics and is an unbelievable institution,” Sheridan said. “IU is really focused on the student-athlete, giving them a great experience as a student first and athletically in a great conference against great competition. Getting the chance to work for Mike DeBord again is a great opportunity. When it presented itself, I couldn’t get to Bloomington fast enough.”

•DeBord also was the offensive coordinator in 2006-07 at the University of Michigan, where Sheridan walked on as a quarterback in 2006. Sheridan’s father, Bill, is the Detroit Lions linebackers coach. The long-time NFL and collegiate coach worked on the same staff as DeBord in Ann Arbor during the 2004 campaign.

“It’s exciting to have Nick coach the quarterbacks here, as he did for the University of Tennessee these past two years,” DeBord said. “I know I had the title of coaching the quarterbacks, but I was assisting with the offensive line during those two years and Nick had the quarterbacks in meetings, practice and game preparation and did an outstanding job with them. I believe that Josh Dobbs success as a quarterback these past two years is not only the result of what Josh did but also what Nick did as a coach in his preparation and continuing his growth. I know he’ll do a great job with our quarterbacks at Indiana University.”

An All-SEC selection, Dobbs became only the third QB in SEC history with 15 passing TDs and 10 rushing TDs in multiple seasons (Tim Tebow and Dak Prescott). Dobbs (32) joined Gene McEver (37) and James Stewart (35) as the only players in school history with 30-plus career rushing scores, and finished his career with 7,138 passing yards, the fifth-most in UT history. Dobbs also became just the fifth player in Vols history to eclipse the 7,000 career passing yard mark. Dobbs was picked in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Sheridan was named one of the nation’s top 30 coaches under 30 years of age by 247Sports.

•With the Wolverines, Sheridan earned a scholarship prior to his junior year. He appeared in 12 career games, made four starts in 2008, and closed out his career with 701 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science in the spring of 2010 and began his coaching career in the fall as quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Saline (Mich.) High School.

Sheridan broke into the collegiate coaching ranks as an offensive graduate assistant at Western Kentucky University the following spring and was elevated to quarterbacks and passing coordinator in 2012, and followed head coach Willie Taggart to the University of South Florida in the same capacity for the 2013 season.

Kasey Teegardin

Safeties Coach

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the addition of Kasey Teegardin to the Hoosiers staff on March 2, 2018. Teegardin will coach the safeties.

“We are very excited for Kasey to join our staff,” Allen said. “He earned the confidence and trust of our players as a graduate assistant, and he further developed professionally after leading our on-campus recruiting last year. Kasey loves Indiana and our players, and he brings energy, passion and expertise to our program.”

Teegardin spent the previous four seasons with the Hoosiers, three as a defensive graduate assistant (2014-16) and one as director of on-campus recruiting (2017).

“I am extremely thankful for the chance to work with an incredible group of young men and staff whom I have gotten to know,” Teegardin said. “I believe in Coach Allen, his program and Indiana University. Indiana is home and my wife and I are thrilled for this opportunity!”

Former IU defensive back Tony Fields (2014-17), the lone player in program history to play in 50 games, could not be more pleased with the announcement.

“From day one being around Coach Teegardin, I knew that he was a great coach and deserved an opportunity to show what he could do,” Fields said. “Coach has always been someone who the players could trust and has always been a reliable source when it comes to football questions. He is a great
man, a great coach and a great hire for Indiana. I am proud to see him get this chance.”

Teergardin spent 2012 and 2013 as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Valparaiso University and served as Valpo’s NFL and academic liaison as well as the program’s community outreach coordinator. He was the NFL liaison at three schools, Teegardin has mentored three players who have received mini-camp invites.

Teegardin coached the secondary at Northwood University in 2011 and was the youngest defensive coordinator in the NCAA (hired at 24) at the University of Charleston in 2010. He joined the UC staff in 2007 as a part-time assistant in which he helped with the defensive line, worked as linebackers coach in 2008 and as secondary coach in 2009. The 2009 team went 9-2 and ranked 19th in the country and in 2010, Teegardin’s defense finished 19th nationally in rush defense.

He played linebacker at Charleston and was selected a captain his senior season. During his first two seasons at UC, Teegardin also was an outfielder and catcher on the baseball team. in 2007, he graduated from Charleston with a degree in sport management, and earned his master’s degree in business administration in 2008.

Kane Wommack

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the hiring of Kane Wommack as linebackers coach on Jan. 8, 2018.

He served as the University of South Alabama’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach the last two seasons.

“Kane is one of the bright, young coaches in our profession. He has done a tremendous job as a defensive coordinator at two different stops,” Allen said. “I have a strong relationship with his family, but more importantly, he is an excellent football coach. Kane is the kind of person that I want in our program mentoring our young men and that will represent Indiana University in an excellent way. He is a guy that I know and trust, and I am very excited to have him join the IU Football family.”

Wommack worked with Allen as an Ole Miss graduate assistant in 2012-13 when Allen was linebackers coach under defensive coordinator Dave Wommack, Kane’s father.

“Tom Allen has been an awesome mentor,” Wommack said. “We have risen through the ranks together as defensive coordinators and I am thrilled to be reunited with him once again. I am ready to get started and excited to be a Hoosier.”

During Wommack’s two seasons, South Alabama was the 13th-most improved scoring defense (-10.8) and rushing defense (-69.2) in the nation. As Allen did with the Indiana defense in 2016, Wommack engineered one of the top turnarounds in the country. The unit was the fifth-most improved nationally in scoring defense (-10.3), one spot behind the Hoosiers, and ranked in the top 10 nationally in passing defense.

The Jaguars finished in the top five in the Sun Belt Conference in passing defense, pass efficiency defense, tackles for loss and third down conversion percentage against. USA was one of two programs with multiple first team all-conference honorees and both of his starting linebackers received postseason accolades. In 2014-15, Wommack earned his first opportunity as a defensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois University. He helped the Panthers to the 2015 NCAA Division 1 Football Championship playoffs and a top 25 national ranking.

He mentored first team All-American defensive tackle Dino Fanti, the 2015 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) co-Defensive Player of the Year, and two-time first team All-OVC honoree and defensive back Jourdan Wickliffe. The 2015 EIU defense ranked second in the nation in interceptions (19), third in takeaways (31), fourth in pass efficiency defense (103.0), eighth in red zone defense (67.3 percent) and 10th in TFLs (98). Eastern Illinois finished first or second in the league in six defensive categories a year after it ranked second in scoring and fourth in takeaways led by four all-conference selections.

Wommack coached the husky position at Ole Miss, a staple in Allen’s 4-2-5 attack. In 2013, the Rebels ranked 36th in the country in pass defense and 38th in total defense. The previous season, they sat fourth nationally in tackles for loss, 11th in sacks and 25th in rush defense. He was the defensive line coach for co-OVC champion Jacksonville State in 2011 and spent 2010 as the quarterbacks coach at Tennessee-Martin.

Before coaching, Wommack was a fullback at the University of Arkansas (2005-06), the Razorbacks captured the 2006 SEC West Division title. Wommack moved to tight end and transferred to a Southern Miss program that made three straight bowl games from 2007-09. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from USM in 2009, and he was a volunteer assistant coach with the Golden Eagles offensive line.