Jeff Schmedding (born January 19, 1978) is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at Washington State University. He most recently served as the

defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...

and assistant head coach at

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. He has previously served as the defensive coordinator for Boise State University.

Coaching career

Schmedding began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Eastern Washington. Schmedding would serve numerous roles for the team including coaching special teams, safeties and linebackers before becoming the defensive coordinator for Eastern Washington in 2015. In 2019, he was hired by

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to serve as the defensive coordinator for

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. In 2021, when Harsin left Boise State for

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, he hired Schmedding to coach linebackers. In 2022, Schmedding was named Auburn's defensive coordinator following the departure of

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. Schmedding also served as Auburn's assistant head coach. Following Bryan Harsin's firing from Auburn midway through the 2022 season, Schmedding was the lone assistant brought by Harsin to Auburn that was retained by interim head coach

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. Upon the hiring of Hugh Freeze it was announced that Schmedding would not be retained by Auburn. In January 2023, Schmedding was named defensive coordinator at Washington State.

Personal life

Schmedding is married and has two sons.

References

External links

Auburn Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmedding, Jeff 1978 births Living people Auburn Tigers football coaches Boise State Broncos football coaches Eastern Washington Eagles football coaches Eastern Washington University alumni Washington State Cougars football coaches Coaches of American football from Washington (state)