Justin Hood (born June 27, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is the

secondary coach In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators. Common ...

for the

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of the National Football League (NFL). Hood was previously the defensive quality control coach for the

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College career

Hood played college football at

Ashland University Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with The ...

, where he played cornerback. While playing there, he was named to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team.

Coaching career

Following his college football career and stints as an intern for Oregon and the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

, Hood became a graduate assistant for Illinois in 2013. After spending one year at Illinois, Hood became the defensive coordinator for the

Capital University Capital University (Capital, Cap, or CU) is a private university in Bexley, Ohio. Capital was founded as the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio in 1830, and later was associated with that synod's successor, the Ame ...

football team in 2014. Following that position, in 2015, Hood was named the safeties coach for Davidson. During the 2017 season, Hood was temporarily named interim head coach after the firing of Paul Nichols. Hood next coached for

Western Carolina Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...

in 2018, where he was the linebackers coach and was named to the 35 Under 35 Leadership Institute. After a year at Western Carolina, Hood joined

Kent State Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ash ...

in 2019 to become their secondary coach. Following two years at Kent State, Hood received his first NFL coaching job as the defensive quality control coach for the

in 2021. In 2024, Hood joined the

as the secondary coach following three years with the Packers.

References

External links

Green Bay Packers bio
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