Coaches
Anthony Poindexter
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Anthony Poindexter
Played at Virginia
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Virginia | GA | Graduate assistant | Al Groh |
| 2004-2005 | Virginia | Position | Running backs coach | Al Groh |
| 2006-2008 | Virginia | Position | Running backs coach & assistant special teams | Al Groh |
| 2009 | Virginia | Position | Defensive backs coach & assistant special teams | Al Groh |
| 2010-2012 | Virginia | ST coord. | Safeties coach & special teams | Mike London |
| 2013 | Virginia | Position | Safeties coach | Mike London |
| 2014-2016 | UConn | DC | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Bob Diaco |
| 2017-2020 | Purdue | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Jeff Brohm* |
| 2021-2025 | Penn State | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | James Franklin* (2021-2024), Terry Smith (2025) |
| 2026- | Tennessee | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Josh Heupel*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UConn | Defensive coordinator | 66 | 102 | 68 | 25 | 128 |
| 2015 | UConn | Defensive coordinator | 32 | 25 | 51 | 66 | 128 |
| 2016 | UConn | Defensive coordinator | 83 | 68 | 78 | 32 | 128 |
| 2017 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator | 40 | 31 | 20 | 114 | 130 |
| 2018 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator | 95 | 81 | 102 | 40 | 130 |
| 2019 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator | 80 | 80 | 82 | 95 | 130 |
| 2020 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator | 62 | 76 | 72 | 80 | 127 |
| 2021 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator | 6 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 130 |
| 2022 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 131 |
| 2023 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 133 |
| 2024 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator | 10 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 134 |
| 2025 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator | 46 | 54 | 59 | 10 | 136 |
| 2026 | Tennessee | Co-defensive coordinator | 5 | 9 | 33 | 61 | 138 |
Worked under
- Al Groh · Virginia 2003-2009 (GA, Other, Position)
- Mike London · Virginia 2010-2013 (Position, ST coord.)
- Bob Diaco · UConn 2014-2016 (DC, Position)
- Jeff Brohm* · Purdue 2017-2020 (DC, Position)
- James Franklin* · Penn State 2021-2024 (DC, Position)
- Terry Smith · Penn State 2025 (DC, Position)
- Josh Heupel*+ · Tennessee 2026 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Al Golden · Virginia 2003-2005 · him GA, Position, them DC
- Al Groh · Virginia 2003-2009 · him GA, Other, Position, them DC, Head coach
- Corwin Brown · Virginia 2003 · him GA, them Other
- Danny Rocco · Virginia 2003-2005 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Mike Groh · Virginia 2003-2008 · him GA, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Mike London · Virginia 2003-2013 · him GA, Other, Position, ST coord., them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Ron Prince · Virginia 2003-2009 · him GA, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Chad Wilt · Virginia 2004-2009 · him Other, Position, them GA, Position, ST coord.
- John Garrett · Virginia 2004-2007 · him Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Mark D'Onofrio · Virginia 2004-2005 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Bob Diaco · Virginia 2006-2008 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Vincent Brown · Virginia 2007-2013 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them GA, Position, ST coord.
- Bob Pruett · Virginia 2008 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Bob Trott · Virginia 2009 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Gregg Brandon · Virginia 2009 · him Other, Position, them OC
- Bill Lazor · Virginia 2010-2012 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Gordon Sammis · Virginia 2010-2012 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Jim Reid · Virginia 2010-2012 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Other
- Scott Wachenheim · Virginia 2010-2013 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Justin Hamilton · Virginia 2011-2013 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Jon Tenuta · Virginia 2013 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Steve Fairchild · Virginia 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tom O'Brien · Virginia 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Bob Diaco · UConn 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- David Corley Jr. · UConn 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Kevin Wolthausen · UConn 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Mike Cummings · UConn 2014 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Tyler Stockton · UConn 2014-2015 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Vincent Brown · UConn 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Frank Verducci · UConn 2015-2016 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Brian Brohm · Purdue 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- JaMarcus Shephard* · Purdue 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jeff Brohm* · Purdue 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Kevin Wolthausen · Purdue 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position, ST coord.
- Nick Holt · Purdue 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Tony Levine · Purdue 2017 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position, ST coord.
- Greg Brown · Purdue 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Bob Diaco · Purdue 2020 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Neil Callaway · Purdue 2020 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Terrance Jamison · Purdue 2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brent Pry · Penn State 2021 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Penn State 2021-2023 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Ja'Juan Seider · Penn State 2021-2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- James Franklin* · Penn State 2021-2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- John Scott Jr. · Penn State 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Mike Yurcich · Penn State 2021-2023 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Terry Smith · Penn State 2021-2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Ty Howle · Penn State 2021-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Charlie Frye · Penn State 2022 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Danny Rocco · Penn State 2022 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Manny Diaz* · Penn State 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Stacy Collins · Penn State 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Robb Smith · Penn State 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Andy Kotelnicki · Penn State 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Tom Allen · Penn State 2024 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Knowles · Penn State 2025 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Stan Drayton · Penn State 2025 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Derek Jones · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Jim Chaney · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Jim Knowles · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Joey Halzle · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- John Bonamego · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Josh Heupel*+ · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- William Inge · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Willie Martinez · Tennessee 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position