Andrew Thacker

Andrew Thacker

Thacker in 2019
Current position
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Georgia Tech
Conference	ACC
Biographical details
Born	(1985-05-31) 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)

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.

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.