Current position | |
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Title | Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach |
Team | Oklahoma |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | Clemson University |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
2011–2014 | Clemson (SA) |
2015–2018 | Clemson (GA) |
2019 | Boise State (ILB) |
2020 | Boise State (OLB/co-ST) |
2021 | Louisiana–Monroe (DC/LB) |
2022–2023 | Jacksonville State (DC) |
2024–present | Oklahoma (co-DC/LB) |
Zachary Alley is an American football coach who is currently co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma. Alley won two national championships as a graduate assistant at Clemson University.
After graduating from Charlotte Country Day School, where he played on both the defensive and offensive lines, Alley went to Clemson. [1] Alley began his coaching career as a student assistant his freshman year in 2011 and worked as an assistant his entire time as a student at Clemson. Once he graduated he became a graduate assistant from 2015 to 2018, [2] where he won two national championships under Dabo Swinney.
A month after he was signed to be the nickels coach for the Charlotte 49ers, [3] Alley became the inside linebackers coach for the Broncos for the 2019 season. [2] For the 2020 season he coached the outside linebackers while also being the co-special teams coordinator. [4] During the season Alley contracted COVID-19. [5] [6] [7]
Under the recommendation of Brent Venables, Alley was hired by Terry Bowden to be the defensive coordinator for the Warhawks in 2021. [8] [9] [10] Only being 27 years old he was the youngest FBS coordinator.
When Rich Rodriguez was hired as the new head coach at Jacksonville State, after serving as the offensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe, he brought Alley with him as his defensive coordinator. [11]