Coaches
Josh Aldridge
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Josh Aldridge
Played at Harding 2008-2011 · alma mater (CFBD): Harding
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lindenwood | GA | GA | not known |
| 2013 | Ouachita Baptist | Position | DL | not known |
| 2014-2017 | West Georgia | Position | DL/RC | not known |
| 2018 | Lenoir Rhyne | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2019-2021 | Liberty | Position | DL | Hugh Freeze |
| 2021 | Liberty | DC | Co-defensive coordinator · season pages | Hugh Freeze |
| 2022 | Liberty | DC | co-DC/LB✓ | Hugh Freeze |
| 2022 | Liberty | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Hugh Freeze |
| 2023 | Auburn | Position | LB | Hugh Freeze |
| 2024 | Auburn (DE) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2025 | East Carolina | DC | DC/LB✓ | Blake Harrell* |
| 2026- | South Florida | DC | DC✓ | Brian Hartline* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Liberty | Co-defensive coordinator | 17 | 36 | 11 | 21 | 131 |
| 2025 | East Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 16 | 22 | 24 | 67 | 136 |
| 2026 | South Florida | Defensive coordinator | 57 | 30 | 67 | 30 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Liberty | 0-1 (1 of 13) | - → - | 86 | 17 | -1.5 | 62% wins | 131 |
Worked under
- Hugh Freeze · Liberty 2019-2022 (DC, Position)
- Hugh Freeze · Auburn 2023 (Position)
- Blake Harrell* · East Carolina 2025 (DC, Position)
- Brian Hartline* · South Florida 2026 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Chad Williams · West Georgia 2014 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Scott Symons · West Georgia 2014-2017 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Will Hall* · West Georgia 2014-2016 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Austin Armstrong · West Georgia 2016 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Cadillac Williams · West Georgia 2016 · him Other, Position, them GA
- David Dean · West Georgia 2017 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Drew Cronic · Lenoir Rhyne 2018 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Hugh Freeze · Liberty 2019-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Kent Austin · Liberty 2019-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Maurice Harris · Liberty 2019-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC
- Scott Symons · Liberty 2019-2021 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Corey Batoon · Liberty 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Jack Curtis · Liberty 2021-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC
- Robert Bala · Liberty 2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Analyst
- Cadillac Williams · Auburn 2023 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Hugh Freeze · Auburn 2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Kent Austin · Auburn 2023 · him Position, them Analyst
- Philip Montgomery · Auburn 2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Ron Roberts · Auburn 2023 · him Position, them DC
- Blake Harrell* · East Carolina 2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- John David Baker · East Carolina 2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Mattox · East Carolina 2025 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brian Hartline* · South Florida 2026 · him DC, them Head coach
- Tim Beck · South Florida 2026 · him DC, them OC