Tim Tibesar Explained

Tim Tibesar
Current Team:	Akron Zips
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Birth Date:	August 27, 1972
Birth Place:	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
High School:	Saint Agnes (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
College:	North Dakota
Pastcoaching:	San Diego State (1997) Student assistant Grossmont (1998) Linebackers coach California (1999) Graduate assistant Cornell (2000) Tight ends coach North Dakota (2001–2003) Linebackers coach North Dakota (2004–2005) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach Kansas State (2006) Special teams coordinator Kansas State (2007–2008) Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach Montreal Alouettes (–) Linebackers coach Montreal Alouettes Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach Purdue (2012) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach Chicago Bears Linebackers coach Northwestern (2014) Defensive consultant Wisconsin (2015–2016) Outside linebackers coach Wisconsin (2017) Defensive run game coordinator & outside linebackers coach Oregon State (2018–2021) Defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach Akron (2022–present) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Highlights:	2× Grey Cup champion (2009, 2010)

Tim Tibesar (born August 27, 1972) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Akron. Formerly was the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Oregon State University.

Coaching career

Tibesar began his coaching career at San Diego State in 1997 as a student assistant and was later an assistant coach at Grossmont College in 1998, where he coached linebackers.^[1] After a stint as a graduate assistant at California and as the tight ends coach at Cornell, Tibesar returned to his alma mater North Dakota as linebackers coach, eventually being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2004. He left North Dakota to be the special teams coordinator at Kansas State in 2006. Tibesar was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2007 and was not retained when Kansas State head coach Ron Prince was fired and replaced with Bill Snyder.^[2] Tibesar's departure was highlighted when he filed a lawsuit against the university for additional compensation after he wasn't retained, leading to the university to discover an alleged secret deal between Prince and then-athletic director Bob Krause.^[3]

Tibesar was named the linebackers coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2009, where he won two Grey Cups as an assistant coach. After one season as the Alouettes' defensive coordinator, Tibesar returned to the collegiate ranks as the defensive coordinator at Purdue.^{[4] [5]} Tibesar spent only one season at Purdue before leaving to coach the linebackers for the Chicago Bears under former Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman.^[6] He was fired by the Bears after the season, ending his short tenure with the organization.^[7] After working as a defensive consultant for Northwestern in 2014, Tibesar was named the outside linebackers coach at Wisconsin in 2015.^{[8] [9]}

Tibesar was named the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Oregon State in December 2017.^{[10] [11]} He was terminated by Oregon State on November 7, 2021, the day after a 37-34 loss to Colorado.^[12]

In 2022, Tibesar joined Joe Moorhead's staff at Akron as the defensive coordinator.^[13]

External links

• • Oregon State Beavers profile
• National Football Foundation profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: First NFL job a dream come true for Tibesar . Chicago Bears . 30 June 2021.
2. Web site: Assistants departing Kansas State football . KUSports . 2 July 2021.
3. Web site: K-State suing in Krause-Prince secret deal . Topeka Capital-Journal . 2 July 2021.
4. Web site: Tim Tibesar Named Defensive Coordinator . Purdue University Athletics . 2 July 2021.
5. Web site: Ex-CFL assistant Tim Tibesar to Purdue . ESPN . 19 January 2012 . 2 July 2021.
6. Web site: Tim Tibesar among three new Bears assistant coaches . Chicago Bears . 2 July 2021.
7. Web site: Bears fire ex-UND coach Tibesar . Grand Forks Herald . 13 January 2014 . 2 July 2021.
8. Web site: Wisconsin hires Daronte' Jones & Tim Tibesar as assistant coaches . Big Ten Conference . 20 January 2015 . 2 July 2021.
9. Web site: Two more added to football staff . Wisconsin Badgers . 20 January 2015 . 2 July 2021.
10. Web site: OSU football: Four more to join staff . Associated Press . 30 June 2021.
11. Web site: Oregon State football adds Tim Tibesar as defensive coordinator; Trent Bray as linebackers coach; 2 Hawaii assistants . The Oregonian . 19 December 2017 . 30 June 2021.
12. Web site: OSU Football parts ways with defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar . . November 7, 2021.
13. News: Samuels . Doug . The Scoop - Monday March 7, 2022 . 7 March 2022 . footballscoop.com . Football Scoop.