Andy Avalos

Andrew Avalos (born November 5, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Boise State. Previously, he worked at schools including his alma mater Boise State and Oregon as an assistant before returning to Boise State to become their head football coach.

Andy Avalos
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBoise State
ConferenceMW
Biographical details
Born (1981-11-05) November 5, 1981
Corona, California
Playing career
2001–2004Boise State
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2008Colorado (GA)
2009–2010Nebraska-Kearney (DL)
2011Sacramento State (GA)
2012–2013Boise State (DL)
2014–2015Boise State (LB)
2016–2018Boise State (DC/LB)
2019–2020Oregon (DC/ILB)
2021–presentBoise State

Playing career

During his tenure as a linebacker at Boise State, he amassed 365 tackles, which was fourth all-time in Boise State history. He also led Boise State in tackles every year from 2002–2004.[1] He was named first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors in 2003 and 2004. In 2016, he was listed in the top 30 players in Boise State history since Boise State installed their famous blue turf in 1986.

Avalos had a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown in the 2004 Liberty Bowl.[2]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

After coaching the linebackers at Corona High School, which was where he went to high school, he joined the Colorado coaching staff as a graduate assistant under Dan Hawkins in 2006. He mainly helped Brian Cabral with the outside linebackers there. He was there until 2008.[3]

He left Colorado for NCAA Division II school Nebraska-Kearney to coach the defensive line. While he was there, Nebraska-Kearney went 20–4 and made the NCAA Division II playoffs both years he was there.[4] He coached linebackers at Sacramento State during the 2011 season.

Boise State

Avalos was hired at his alma mater, Boise State, in 2012 as their defensive line coach. Boise State’s rush defense ranked 11th nationally in sacks in 2012 (2.92), and tied for 30th in tackles-for-loss (6.7) in 2013. He was also notable during this time for coaching future NFL Pro-Bowler DeMarcus Lawrence. Lawrence was ranked tied for 18th in sacks per game (0.86) in 2012, and tied for 10th nationally in 2013 (0.88).[5]

Before 2014, he was moved to become Boise State’s linebackers coach. Boise State forced 31 turnovers in both 2014, where they ranked ninth, and 2015, where they ranked fifth.

Following his positional coaching jobs at Boise State, he was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2016.[6] His defenses were consistent, as they ranked 29th, 38th, and 30th from 2016–2018 in team defense.[7][8][9] He coached 2017 Mountain West Player of the Year Leighton Vander Esch, three–time first team All-Mountain West recipient Curtis Weaver, and five different first team All-Mountain West players when he was the defensive coordinator.[10][11][12]

Oregon

On February 27, 2019, Avalos was hired to serve as Oregon’s defensive coordinator, replacing Jim Leavitt.[13] Under Avalos, Oregon’s team defense went from 49th in 2018 to ninth in 2019.[14][15] Also in 2019, the #2 recruit in the country according to 247Sports.com, Kayvon Thibodeaux, committed to Oregon.[16] He had nine sacks and one forced fumble in his first season as a Duck.[17]

Return to Boise State

On January 8, 2021, Boise State hired Avalos as their new head football coach.[18]

Personal life

Avalos and his wife, Summer, have two daughters, Paityn and Paige.[19][20]

References
  1. "Andy Avalos College Stats". Sports Reference.
  2. "Liberty Bowl - Louisville vs Boise State Box Score, December 31, 2004". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. "Andy Avalos-Football Coach-University of Colorado". Colorado Athletics.
  4. Mahoney, Buck. "Then & Now: Oregon defensive coordinator Andy Avalos cut his teeth at UNK". Kearney Hub.
  5. "Andy Avalos-Football Coach-Boise State University". Boise State Athletics.
  6. Cripe, Chadd (January 18, 2016). "Fast-rising Avalos takes control of Boise State football's defense". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  7. "2016 College Football Team Defense". Sportsreference.com.
  8. "2017 College Football Team Defense". Sports Reference.
  9. "2018 College Football Team Defense". Sports Reference.
  10. "Mountain West Announces 2016 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors". Mountain West Conference.
  11. "Mountain West Announces 2017 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Awards". Mountain West Conference.
  12. "Mountain West Announces 2018 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors". Mountain West Conference.
  13. Kostecka, Ryan. "Oregon finds its new DC; expected to hire Andy Avalos from Boise State". Sports Illustrated.
  14. "2018 College Football Team Defense". Sports Reference.
  15. "2019 College Football Team Defense". Sports Reference.
  16. "Kayvon Thibodeaux". 247 Sports.
  17. "Kayvon Thibodeaux Stats, News, Bio". ESPN.
  18. Rittenburg, Adam. "Boise State Broncos to name Oregon Ducks coordinator Andy Avalos as new head coach". ESPN.
  19. "Andy Avalos - Football Coach - University of Oregon". goducks.com.
  20. Southorn, Dave (March 7, 2019). "Former Boise State defensive coordinator Andy Avalos explains why he left for Oregon". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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