Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title |
Defensive coordinator defensive backs coach |
Team | Virginia |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | 1980 Ogden, Utah |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002 | Sky View HS (UT) (DL) |
2003 | Weber HS (UT) (DC) |
2004–2006 | Ben Lomond HS (UT) |
2007 | BYU (intern) |
2008–2009 | BYU (GA) |
2010 | BYU (OLB) |
2011–2012 | BYU (DB/ST) |
2013–2015 | BYU (DC/DB) |
2016–present | Virginia (DC/DB) |
Nick Howell (born 1980) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at the University of Virginia. He holds a bachelor's degree from Weber State University and a master's degree from the University of Phoenix.
Howell, the son of a high school coach, began his career coaching high school football. He worked from 2002 to 2006 for Sky View High School, Weber High School, and Ben Lomond High School. He was the head coach at Ben Lomond High School. He went to BYU in 2007 as a defensive intern and became a member of the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2008. In 2013, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall promoted Howell to replace him as defensive coordinator. In December 2015 Howell followed Mendenhall to the University of Virginia, where he was hired for the same position he held at BYU.