Kelly Scott Poppinga (born January 31, 1982) is an
American football coach and former player. He is the
special teams coordinator and defensive coach at the
Brigham Young University (BYU). He is the younger brother of
National Football League (NFL) linebacker
Brady Poppinga
Brady Paul Poppinga (born September 21, 1979) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh ...
.
Playing career
Poppinga played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Utah State University and BYU as a
linebacker. He was signed by the
Miami Dolphins of the NFL as an
undrafted free agent in 2008 and also spent time that season with the
St. Louis Rams and
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...
.
Coaching career
In December 2015, Poppinga was hired by
Bronco Mendenhall
Marc Bronco Clay Mendenhall (born February 21, 1966) is an American football coach who most recently coached at The University of Virginia. He stepped down after the 2021 season. Mendenhall joined Virginia in 2015 after spending the previous elev ...
to follow him to the
University of Virginia (UVA) as outside linebackers coach after serving in the same role at BYU under Mendenhall. Following the end of the 2021 season, Poppinga was not retained by the new UVA coaching staff but was hired a short time later at
Boise State University. Poppinga was hired on December 7, 2022 back to BYU as a special team coordinator and defensive assistant coach.
References
External links
BYU profile
1982 births
Living people
American football linebackers
Arizona Cardinals players
BYU Cougars football coaches
BYU Cougars football players
Miami Dolphins players
Utah State Aggies football players
St. Louis Rams players
Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
Boise State Broncos football coaches
People from Evanston, Wyoming
Coaches of American football from Wyoming
Players of American football from Wyoming
American Latter Day Saints
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