Garret Chachere | |
Current Title: | Running backs coach |
Current Team: | Western Kentucky |
Current Conference: | C-USA |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1969 |
Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Alma Mater: | Brother Martin High School Tulane University, 1988 |
Player Years1: | 1987–1988 |
Player Team1: | Tulane |
Player Positions: | Running back |
Coach Years1: | 1991 |
Coach Team1: | Tulane (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 1992 |
Coach Team2: | Cheyney (RB/DB) |
Coach Years3: | 1993 |
Coach Team3: | Bloomsburg (WR/DB) |
Coach Years4: | 1994 |
Coach Team4: | Bucknell (DB) |
Coach Years5: | 1995–1997 |
Coach Team5: | Nicholls State (LB) |
Coach Years6: | 1998 |
Coach Team6: | Northeast Louisiana (WR/TE) |
Coach Years7: | 1999–2006 |
Coach Team7: | Tulane (LB/ST) |
Coach Years8: | 2007–2008 |
Coach Team8: | Memphis (ST) |
Coach Years9: | 2009–2011 |
Coach Team9: | Arizona (RB/WR) |
Coach Years10: | 2012 |
Coach Team10: | Southern Miss (TE/ST) |
Coach Years11: | 2013–2017 |
Coach Team11: | California (DE/LB/AHC/RB) |
Coach Years12: | 2017 |
Coach Team12: | New Mexico Highlands (OC/WR) |
Coach Years13: | 2018 |
Coach Team13: | Southeastern Louisiana (PGC/RB) |
Coach Years14: | 2019–present |
Coach Team14: | Western Kentucky (RB) |
Garret Chachere (born March 17, 1969) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the running backs coach at Western Kentucky.
Chachere is an alumnus of the Tulane University and played football at the school from 1987 to 1988.[1]
Chachere began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Tulane University, in 1991.[2] In 1992, Chachere accepted a position at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania where he served as both running backs and defensive backs coach before moving on to Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where he coached wide receivers and defensive backs for one year in 1993.[2] In 1994, he became defensive backs coach at Bucknell University.[2] After the 1994 season, he became linebackers coach at Nicholls State University from 1995 to 1997.[3] In 1998, he coached wide receivers and tight ends at Northeast Louisiana.[4]
Chachere returned to his alma mater, Tulane University, to coach linebackers and special teams from 1999 to 2006.[2] For both the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he coached special teams at the University of Memphis.[5] He then moved on to the University of Arizona where he coached running backs and wide receivers from 2009 to 2011.[6] During his tenure at Arizona, he served as the chairman of the program committee for the American Football Coaches Association.[6]
He then left to coach tight ends and special teams at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2012.[5] [7] On January 6, 2013 Chachere was announced as the defensive ends coach for the Golden Bears football team at the University of California, Berkeley.[8] From 2014 to 2015, he was linebackers coach and was also named assistant head coach at California.[8] With experience coaching both offense and defense, Chachere switched sides to coach running backs in 2016.[9]
In February 2017, Chachere accepted his first coordinator position as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at New Mexico Highlands University for the 2017 season.[10] In January 2018, he was named the passing game coordinator and running backs coach at Southeastern Louisiana University for 2018.[11] In January 2019, Chachere was named running backs coach at Western Kentucky University.[12]