Nick Howell

Nicholas Wade Howell (born February 26, 1980) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Vanderbilt.[1]

Nick Howell
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator
TeamVanderbilt
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1980-02-26) February 26, 1980
Ogden, Utah
Alma materWeber State (2005)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002Sky View HS (UT) (DL)
2003Weber HS (UT) (DC)
2004–2006Ben Lomond HS (UT)
2007BYU (intern)
2008–2009BYU (GA)
2010BYU (OLB)
2011–2012BYU (DB/ST)
2013–2015BYU (DC/DB)
2016–2021Virginia (DC/DB)
2022–presentVanderbilt (DC)

Coaching career

Howell began his career coaching high school football. He worked from 2002 to 2006 for Sky View High School, Weber High School, and Ben Lomond High School where he was the head coach. He went to BYU in 2007 as an unpaid defensive intern and became a member of the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2008 and later a full-time assistant in 2010. In 2013, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall promoted Howell to replace him as defensive coordinator.[2] Following Mendenhall's departure from Brigham Young University in December 2015 Howell followed him to the University of Virginia. Following the end of the 2021 season, Howell was not retained by the new UVA coaching staff. Howell was hired at Vanderbilt in 2022 as their defensive coordinator.[3]

Personal life

Howell grew up in North Ogden, Utah, and graduated in 1998 from Ben Lomond High School, where his father Roger was a longtime high school coach and athletic director. After high School he served a LDS Mission in Brazil. Following his church mission, Howell went to Snow College to play football but his career was cut short when he was injured, so he followed his father into the coaching profession.[4] He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Weber State University and a M.A. from the University of Phoenix. Howell and his wife Brooke have four children.[5]

References
  1. "Virginia coaching staff: Ruffin McNeill, Nick Howell, and Kelly Poppinga join defensive staff". streakingthelawn.com. 12 December 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. "Nick Howell Bio". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. "Lustig Promoted, New Hires Announced". Vanderbilt Commodores. 7 January 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  4. "Coach with years of Ben Lomond High ties takes his story to BYU's football team". standard.net. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  5. "BYU football: Secondary coach Nick Howell has come a long way in a short time". sltrib.com. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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