Andrew Thacker
Andrew Thacker (born May 31, 1985) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After a standout high school career at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia and Gainesville High Schoos in Gainesville, Georgia, Thacker attended and played college football at Furman University (2004–2007), where he was a three year starter at safety. Thacker was the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year in 2004 and went 35–15 during his time as a Paladin. [1]
 Thacker in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Georgia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 31, 1985 Cartersville, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2007 | Furman |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2009 | UCF (GA) |
| 2010–2012 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
| 2013 | Southern Miss (S) |
| 2014 | Atlanta Falcons (assistant) |
| 2015 | UCF (Safeties) |
| 2016 | Kennesaw State (LB) |
| 2017 | Temple (LB) |
| 2018 | Temple (DC) |
| 2019–present | Georgia Tech (DC) |
Coaching career
After graduating from Furman, Thacker coached at UCF, Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, Kennesaw State and back at UCF before becoming Temple's linebacker coach underneath Geoff Collins in 2017. After a year as linebackers coach, Thacker was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2018.[2]