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Tyson Summers
Summers at 2016 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
Title
Defensive coordinator
Team
Western Kentucky
Conference
C-USA
Biographical details
Born
(1980-04-11) April 11, 1980 (age 44) Tifton, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2001
Presbyterian
Position(s)
Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002
Tift County HS (GA) (DB)
2003
Presbyterian (DB)
2004
Troy (GA)
2005
Georgia (GA)
2006
Georgia Southern (S)
2007–2010
UAB (LB)
2011
UAB (S/co-ST)
2012–2014
UCF (DC)
2015
Colorado State (DC/S)
2016–2017
Georgia Southern
2018
Georgia (DQC)
2019
Colorado (DC/S)
2020
Colorado (DC/ILB)
2021
Florida (DA)
2022–present
Western Kentucky (DC/S)
Head coaching record
Overall
5–13
Tyson Summers (born April 11, 1980) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator at Western Kentucky University, a position he had held since 2022. He previously served as an analyst at the University of Florida. Prior to that, Summers served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder. Summers was the head football coach at Georgia Southern University from 2016 to 2017.[1][2][3]
^"Georgia Southern football: Eagles hire Tyson Summers as head coach". National Collegiate Athletic Association. December 21, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^"Georgia Southern fires head coach Tyson Summers". Savannah Morning News. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017. [dead link]
^Weiszer, Marc (October 22, 2017). "Former Georgia Southern coach Tyson Summers' title and salary revealed at UGA". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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