Trey Haverty (born August 21, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the safeties coach at Southern Methodist University. He previously served as the

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at Lamar University. Haverty played

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as a wide receiver at Texas Tech University.

Early life

Haverty was born August 21, 1981, in Richardson, Texas to Leighton Haverty and E.R. (Bo) Campbell. His father played football at the college level for LSU. Haverty attended Berkner High School in his home town and was a three-time All-District and All-Area selection. As a junior, he was second statewide in receiving yards.

College career

Haverty played wide receiver for Texas Tech from 2000 to 2004. He was named Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 for the 2003 season. In his senior season in 2004, Haverty was named Second-Team All-American by Sports Illustrated and Third-Team by the Associated Press. Additionally, he led the Big 12 Conference in receptions and was second in receiving yards.

Coaching career

Haverty began his coaching career at Midlothian High School before coaching wide receivers at Cisco College in 2006. He then served several years as a graduate assistant at

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before spending the 2010 season as the

for Millsaps. In 2011, he returned to TCU to accept the safeties coach position left vacant by

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who had become the defensive coordinator for Texas Tech. Following the 2011 season and Glasgow's return to TCU, Haverty was moved to the wide receivers coaching position. On December 30, 2012, it was announced that Haverty had accepted a coaching position at his alma mater Texas Tech under head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Haverty was a player at Texas Tech while Kingsbury was the team's starting quarterback. Haverty was named as Texas Tech's safeties coach for the 2013 season and coached the position for two years. His coaching position was changed to outside linebackers for the 2015 season before being fired in December. On January 26, 2016, Haverty was named defensive coordinator for the Lamar Cardinals. He replaces Craig McGallion who announced his retirement in November, 2015.

References

External links

Lamar profile
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