Mike Dawson

Defensive Run Game Coordinator at UCF since 2025.

Career

20 stints

1990s
- 1998MaineAssistant Defensive Line
- 1998UMass LowellAssistant Defensive Line
- 1999PittsburghHead Coach
2000s
- 2000New HampshireLinebackers
- 2001New HampshireOffensive Line
- 2002–2003New HampshireLinebackers
- 2004–2005New HampshiredcLinebackers
- 2006–2008AkronLinebackers
- 2009–2011Boston CollegeSpecial Teams Coordinator
2010s
- 2013Philadelphia EaglesDefensive Quality Control
- 2014–2015Philadelphia EaglesDefensive Line
- 2016–2017UCFDefensive Line
- 2018NebraskaDefensive Line
- 2019New York GiantsOutside Linebackers
2020s
- 2020NebraskaLinebackers
- 2021NebraskaOutside LinebackersEdge
- 2022NebraskaDefensive LineEdge
- 2023Ohio StateStudent AssistantDefensive Analyst
- 2024KansasDefensive Analyst
- 2025–presentUCFDefensive Run Game Coordinator

9 mentors, 14 protégés, 3 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

12 more, most recent shown first.

28 seasons

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