Pete Golding
Pete Golding (born February 8, 1984) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive Coordinator |
| Team | Alabama |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 8, 1984 Hammond, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Delta State |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2005 | Delta State |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006 | Delta State (GA) |
| 2007–2009 | Tusculum College (DC/DB) |
| 2010–2011 | Delta State (DC/DB) |
| 2012–2013 | Southeastern Louisiana (DC) |
| 2014–2015 | Southern Miss (DB) |
| 2016–2017 | UTSA (DC/CB) |
| 2018–present | Alabama (co-DC/ILB) |
Playing career
Golding was a four-year starter for the Delta State Statesmen from 2002-05 at safety, racking up 285 career tackles to rank third in school history while recording nine career interceptions to finish fourth. In 2004, the free safety garnered All-Gulf South Conference honors after leading the team with 85 tackles with two interceptions and eight pass break-ups. As a senior in 2005, he tallied 81 tackles with five tackles-for-loss, two interceptions and two forced fumbles.[1]
Coaching career
Golding began his coaching career as a graduate assistant on former Delta State head coach Rick Rhoades' staff in 2006. The Statesmen went 12-3 that season and advanced all the way to the NCAA Division II Semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Grand Valley State.
Tusculum College
Golding served for two years as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach under Frankie DeBusk at Tusculum College, a member of the South Atlantic Conference. Prior to being named defensive coordinator in 2008, Golding served as defensive backs coach in 2007.
The Pioneers became an explosive and record-setting defensive unit under Golding's direction. In 2007, TC set a new school record for interceptions with 14 and in 2008 TC lead the SAC in sacks and turnovers forced en route to an appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs.[1]
Delta State
In Golding's first year back at Delta State in 2010, the Statesmen advanced to the NCAA DII National Championship game and their third Gulf South Conference title in four years with an 11-4 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the GSC. DSU fell short of their goal of winning the title on a last-second game-winning field goal by Minnesota-Duluth, 20-17.
Delta State's "Green Shirts" defense played a fast-paced and frenetic style that led the Statesmen to 19 interceptions and 27 forced fumbles. Led by Garrett Williams, who recorded 130 tackles and tied the school record interceptions in a season with eight, DSU allowed 372.7 yards per game, but bristled during the postseason surrendering less than 250 yards per game in postseason.
Under Golding's guidance, Williams closed his senior season as a unanimous All-American selection after finishing with the third highest single season tackles total in DSU history.[1]
Southeastern Louisiana
The Hammond, Louisiana native spent two seasons as Southeastern Louisiana’s defensive coordinator. In his final year in 2013, the Lions won a program-record 11 contests, including a perfect 7-0 mark in Southland Conference play en route to their first league title since 1961. Southeastern Louisiana advanced to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in its first-ever appearance and his defense led the Southland in both total and scoring defense.
Southern Miss
The Golden Eagles posted a six-win improvement in his second season. Southern Miss finished 9-5 overall, won the West Division of Conference USA with a 7-1 mark and made an appearance in the Heart of Dallas Bowl in 2015.[2]
UTSA
In his first season with the Roadrunners, he helped lead the program to six wins and its first-ever bowl game, the 2016 Gildan New Mexico Bowl. His defense set several school records, including single-season standards for tackles (934), tackles for loss (77), sacks (27) and quarterback hurries (38). Individually, linebacker Josiah Tauaefa broke UTSA's season record for tackles with 115 en route to becoming the program's first Freshman All-American (Football Writers Association of America) and collecting Conference USA Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference honors. Defensive end Marcus Davenport and safety Michael Egwuagu were named second-team all-conference and safety Jordan Moore was honorable mention.
Golding's 2017 defense ranked seventh in the Football Bowl Subdivision, allowing just 287.8 yards per game. The Roadrunners also finished eighth in scoring defense (17.0 ppg), second in first downs defense (166) and 19th in pass efficiency defense (112.19). UTSA's improvement during Golding's tenure was evident, as the Roadrunners allowed 156 less yards per game and 16.8 less point per game in 2017 compared 2015.[3]
Alabama
University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Pete Golding on December 15, 2017 to serve as a defensive assistant for the Crimson Tide in 2018. Golding was traveling with the Crimson Tide for the College Football Playoff.[4]
He was promoted to defensive coordinator in February of 2019. [5]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "University of Texas at San Antonio - Pete Golding - 2017 Football Coaching Staff - University of Texas at San Antonio". Goutsa.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "More AJC Coverage of the Dawgs". Ajc.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- "Alabama officially announces 7 coaching hires, Golding promotion". 247sports.com. Retrieved February 17, 2020.