Sport(s) Football Role American football player Title Secondary Height 1.96 m | Team University of Virginia Weight 134 kg Name Nick Howell Parents Pat Howell | |
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2002 Sky View High School (UT) (DL) 2003 Weber High School (UT) (DC) 2004-2006 Ben Lomond High School (UT) Education University of Southern California Number 72 (Sacramento Mountain Lions / Tackle) Similar People Jack Del Rio, Sean Payton, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Woods, Ken Norton - Jr | ||
Nick howell byu football fall camp 2013 aug 5 2013
Nicholas Wade Howell (born 1980) is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at the University of Virginia.
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- Nick howell byu football fall camp 2013 aug 5 2013
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- Coaching career
- Personal life
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2013 byu spring football nick howell
Coaching career
Howell began his career coaching high school football. He worked from 2002 to 2006 for Sky View High School, Weber High School, and Ben Lomond High School were he was the head coach. He went to BYU in 2007 as a unpaid defensive intern and became a member of the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2008 and later a full time assistant in 2010. In 2013, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall promoted Howell to replace him as defensive coordinator. Following Mendenhall's departure from Brigham Young University in December 2015 Howell followed him to the University of Virginia.
Personal life
Howell grew up in North Ogden, Utah and graduated from Ben Lomond High School in 1998, were his father Roger was a longtime high school coach and athletic director. After high School he served a LDS Mission in Brazil. Following his church mission Howell went to Snow College to play football, but his career was cut short when he was injured, so he followed his dad into the coaching profession. He earned a Bachelors in History from Weber State University and a M.A. from the University of Phoenix. Howell and his wife Brooke have 4 children.