Todd Auer (born January 18, 1965) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach and former
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). He is 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 ...
for
Western Colorado University, a position he has held since 2016.
Biography
Auer was born in
Winona, Minnesota on January 18, 1965, grew up in
Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Trempealeau is a village located along the Mississippi River in Trempealeau County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,843 at the 2020 census. The village is surrounded by the Town of Trempealeau.
History
An ancient Native Ameri ...
, and attended
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School (abbreviated as G-E-T, and formerly Galesville High School and Gale-Ettrick High School) is a public high school in Galesville, Wisconsin. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school ...
in
Galesville, Wisconsin
Galesville is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,662 at the 2020 census. It is located where Beaver Creek flows into a wide area of the Mississippi River valley. The creek is impounded to form Lake Marinu ...
. He has four children.
Playing career
Auer played with the
Green Bay Packers
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during the
1987 NFL season
The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League. This season featured games predominantly played by replacement players, as the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) players were on strike from ...
. He played at the collegiate level at
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College.
History
Western Illin ...
.
He was a first-team All American and a second-team Academic All American at WIU.
Coaching career
Auer's first coaching experience came at Western Illinois University in 1989. The next year in 1990 he joined to coaching staff at Chadron State College as the offensive line coach. Was named Defensive Coordinator in 1994 and remained DC until 2011. In 2012 and 2013 he was the DC at Colorado Mesa University. Then moved with his family to Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 2013-2016. Now Is currently the DC at Western State Colorado University.
See also
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List of Green Bay Packers players
References
People from Winona, Minnesota
People from Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Players of American football from Minnesota
Players of American football from Wisconsin
Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches
Green Bay Packers players
American football linebackers
Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
All-American college football players
Chadron State Eagles football coaches
1965 births
Living people
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