Corey Hetherman is an American

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coach. He is the

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for the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...

, a position he has held since 2025. He also coached for Fitchburg State, King's (PA), Springfield, Northeastern, Western New England, Old Dominion, Pace,

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

James Madison James Madison (June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the ...

Rutgers Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was aff ...

and

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

. He played college football for Fitchburg State as a

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Coaching career

Hetherman got his first coaching job at his alma mater Fitchburg State as the team's

quarterbacks The quarterback (QB) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the Lineman (football), offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually consider ...

coach. In 2007, Hetherman joined Springfield as a

graduate assistant A graduate assistant serves in a support role at a university, usually while completing post-graduate education. The assistant typically helps professors with instructional responsibilities as teaching assistants or with academic research resp ...

. In between the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Hetherman also served as the

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator (OC) is a Coach (sport), coach responsible for a gridiron football team's offense (American football), offense. Generally, the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator represent the second ...

for the Carinthian Black Lions, an intern for King's (PA), and as the offensive coordinator for the Wuerzburg Panthers. Over the next five years, Hetherman served in various roles with Northeastern, Western New England, and Old Dominion. In 2014, Hetherman was hired to be the

at Pace. After one year at Pace University, Hetherman joined

as the team's

defensive line In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line (OL), while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line (D ...

coach. After one year as the defensive line coach for Maine, Hetherman was promoted to serve as the team's defensive coordinator. In 2019, Hetherman was hired as the defensive coordinator at

. During the 2021 season with the Dukes, Hetherman was named the American Football Coaches Association's FCS Assistant Coach of the Year award. In 2022, Hetherman joined

as the team's

linebackers Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and typically line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and so back up the defensive linemen. They play closer to the lin ...

coach. In 2024, Hetherman got his first FBS coordinator job as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for

References

External links

James Madison bio

Maine bio

Miami (FL) bio

Minnesota bio

Old Dominion bio

Rutgers bio
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