Coaches
Scott Symons
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Scott Symons
Played at Lindenwood 2004-2007
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | St. Dominic HS (MO) (HS) | Position | Wide receivers coach & linebackers coach | not known |
| 2008 | Harding (unknown) | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 2009 | Harding (unknown) | Position | Cornerbacks coach | not known |
| 2010-2011 | Harding (unknown) | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & recruiting coordinator | not known |
| 2012 | Arkansas State | Analyst | Defensive quality control coach | Gus Malzahn |
| 2013 | Arkansas Tech | DC | Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2014-2017 | West Georgia | DC | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach | not known |
| 2018 | Memphis | Position | Linebackers coach | Mike Norvell* |
| 2019-2021 | Liberty | DC | Defensive coordinator✓ | Hugh Freeze |
| 2022-2025 | SMU | DC | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Rhett Lashlee* |
| 2026- | Dallas Cowboys (pro) | Position | Inside linebackers coach | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Liberty | Defensive coordinator | 68 | 74 | 58 | 100 | 130 |
| 2020 | Liberty | Defensive coordinator | 54 | 25 | 45 | 68 | 127 |
| 2021 | Liberty | Defensive coordinator | 21 | 23 | 41 | 54 | 130 |
| 2022 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 110 | 114 | 88 | 99 | 131 |
| 2023 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 6 | 8 | 7 | 110 | 133 |
| 2024 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 5 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 134 |
| 2025 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 11 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 136 |
Worked under
- Gus Malzahn · Arkansas State 2012 (Analyst)
- Mike Norvell* · Memphis 2018 (Position)
- Hugh Freeze · Liberty 2019-2021 (DC)
- Rhett Lashlee* · SMU 2022-2025 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Brandon Hall · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them Position
- Casey Woods* · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- David Gunn · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them Position
- Gus Malzahn · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- John Thompson · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Jon Bradley · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them GA
- Keith Patterson · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them DC
- Kodi Burns · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them GA
- Rhett Lashlee* · Arkansas State 2012 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Raymond Monica · Arkansas Tech 2013 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Chad Williams · West Georgia 2014 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Josh Aldridge · West Georgia 2014-2017 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Will Hall* · West Georgia 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Austin Armstrong · West Georgia 2016 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Cadillac Williams · West Georgia 2016 · him DC, Position, them GA
- David Dean · West Georgia 2017 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Chris Ball · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them DC
- Kenny Dillingham* · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Mike Norvell* · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- Paul Randolph · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Ryan Silverfield* · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Will Hall* · Memphis 2018 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Hugh Freeze · Liberty 2019-2021 · him DC, them Head coach
- Josh Aldridge · Liberty 2019-2021 · him DC, them DC, Position
- Kent Austin · Liberty 2019-2021 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Maurice Harris · Liberty 2019-2021 · him DC, them OC
- Corey Batoon · Liberty 2020 · him DC, them Position
- Jack Curtis · Liberty 2021 · him DC, them DC
- Casey Woods* · SMU 2022-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Garin Justice · SMU 2022-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jonathan Brewer · SMU 2022-2023 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Rhett Lashlee* · SMU 2022-2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Rob Likens · SMU 2022-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Maurice Crum Jr. · SMU 2023-2025 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Rickey Hunley Jr. · SMU 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them DC