Everett Withers
Withers at the 2016 Sun Belt Media Day
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Texas State |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 2–10 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 15, 1963 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1985 | Appalachian State |
| Position(s) | Defensive back, linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988 | Austin Peay (DB) |
| 1989 | Austin Peay (DC) |
| 1990 | Austin Peay (WR/ST) |
| 1991 | Tulane (OLB) |
| 1992–1993 | Southern Miss (DB/AST) |
| 1994 | New Orleans Saints (DQC) |
| 1995–1997 | Louisville (AHC/DC/DB) |
| 1998–2000 | Texas (DB) |
| 2001–2006 | Tennessee Titans (DB) |
| 2007 | Minnesota (DC) |
| 2008–2010 | North Carolina (DC/DB) |
| 2011 | North Carolina |
| 2012–2013 | Ohio State (AHC/Co-DC/S) |
| 2014–2015 | James Madison |
| 2016–present | Texas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–23 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
Everett Rowe Withers (born June 15, 1963) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Texas State Bobcats. Withers served as head football coach at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2011 season as well as James Madison University in the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Withers was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 15, 1963. He attended West Charlotte High School and later attended Appalachian State University for college, graduating in 1985. He was a standout defensive back for the Mountaineers and a captain.
Withers started his coaching career at Austin Peay State University as the defensive coordinator in 1988. He then proceeded to coach wide receivers and special teams at Austin Peay before moving on to coach outside linebackers at Tulane University in 1991. A year later he went to the University of Southern Mississippi to coach defensive backs. Withers then moved to the National Football League (NFL), joining the New Orleans Saints as a defensive quality controller in 1994. He then took the job of defensive coordinator at the University of Louisville, serving from 1995 to 1997. He then joined the University of Texas at Austin coaching staff as the defensive backs coach in 1998. In 2001 he went back to the NFL to take the job of defensive backs coach of the Tennessee Titans. In 2007, he took the job of defensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota. He then took the defensive coordinator job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2008. He was promoted to interim head coach from the defensive coordinator position after Butch Davis was fired on July 27, 2011.
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