Andrew Thacker Explained

Andrew Thacker
Birth Date:May 31, 1985
Birth Place:Cartersville, Georgia
Player Years1:2004–2007
Player Positions:Defensive back
Coach Years1:2008–2009
Coach Team1:UCF (GA)
Coach Years2:2010–2012
Coach Team2:Oklahoma State (GA)
Coach Years3:2013
Coach Team3:Southern Miss (S)
Coach Years4:2014
Coach Team4:Atlanta Falcons (assistant)
Coach Years5:2015
Coach Team5:UCF (S)
Coach Years6:2016
Coach Team6:Kennesaw State (LB)
Coach Years7:2017
Coach Team7:Temple (LB)
Coach Years8:2018
Coach Team8:Temple (DC)
Coach Years9:2019–2023
Coach Team9:Georgia Tech (DC)
Coach Years10:2023
Coach Team10:Georgia Tech (S)
Coach Years11:2024–present
Coach Team11:Georgia (defensive analyst)

Andrew Thacker (born May 31, 1985) is an American football coach. He is currently a defensive analyst at the University of Georgia.[1] After a standout high school career at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia and Gainesville High School 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.[2]

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.[3] In 2019, he went with Geoff Collins to Georgia Tech as defensive coordinator until he was demoted to safeties coach in 2023.[4] On December 7, 2023, Thacker and another coach were relieved of their coaching duties.[5]

On August 30, 2024, it was announced that he had joined the staff as an analyst at Georgia.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. https://footballscoop.com/news/kirby-smart-and-georgia-have-reportedly-added-a-former-rival-coach-to-the-staff "Kirby Smart and Georgia have reportedly added a former rival coach to the staff"
  2. Web site: Furman . 2018-01-15 . 2018-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004405/http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/thacker_andrew00.html?view=bio . dead .
  3. Web site: Andrew Thacker - Football Coach.
  4. News: Georgia Tech promotes Kevin Sherrer to defensive coordinator, demotes Andrew Thacker to safeties coach - Sports Illustrated Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets News, Analysis and More . en . Sports Illustrated Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets News, Analysis and More . 2023-10-02.
  5. https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-georgia-tech-making-major-changes-to-defensive-staff "Sources: Georgia Tech making major changes to defensive staff"
  6. https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2024/07/29/georgia-football-andrew-thacker-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-kirby-smart/74551755007/ "Georgia football adds former rival defensive coordinator to staff under Kirby Smart"
  7. https://www.si.com/college/georgiatech/football/former-georgia-tech-defensive-coordinator-is-reportedly-joining-kirby-smart-s-staff-at-georgia-01j41z5r65nr "Former Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator is Reportedly Joining Kirby Smart's Staff at Georgia"