Andrew Thacker (born May 31, 1985) is an American football coach. He is currently the nickels and stars coach at the University of Georgia."Kirby Smart and Georgia have reportedly added a former rival coach to the staff" FootballScoop. Retrieved 2024-07-31. After a standout high school career at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia and Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, Thacker attended and played college football at Furman University (2004–2007), where he was a three-year starter at safety. Thacker was the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year in 2004 and went 35–15 during his time as a Paladin.
Coaching career After graduating from Furman, Thacker coached at UCF, Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, Kennesaw State and back at UCF before becoming Temple's linebacker coach underneath Geoff Collins in 2017. After a year as linebackers coach, Thacker was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2018. In 2019, he went with Geoff Collins to Georgia Tech as defensive coordinator until he was demoted to safeties coach in 2023. On December 7, 2023, Thacker and another coach were relieved of their coaching duties."Sources: Georgia Tech making major changes to defensive staff" FootballScoop. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
On August 30, 2024, it was announced that he had joined the staff as an analyst at Georgia."Georgia football adds former rival defensive coordinator to staff under Kirby Smart" Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-31."Former Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator is Reportedly Joining Kirby Smart's Staff at Georgia" Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
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External links UCF profile Kennesaw State profile Temple profile Georgia Tech profile