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Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay is NC State’s Interim Defensive Coordinator

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12 months ago

December 9, 2024

Yesterday, Tony Gibson, who served as the Defensive Coordinator at NC State since 2019 (in the first year it was Co-Defensive Coordinator), was named the new Head Coach at Marshall.

Last night, Wolfpack Head Coach Dave Doeren announced in a press conference that Assistant Coach Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay will serve as the Interim Defensive Coordinator until a permanent solution is found, which means he will be running the defense in the Military Bowl against East Carolina on December 28th.

Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay will call the defense and run it, and excited for him to do that in this game.

Here’s what Doeren had to say about Aughtry-Lindsay last night in his press conference.

Well, it’s been a goal of his. Freddie was the defensive coordinator at the FCS level for a number of years.

All of my coaches, when they have goals to move up, those are things that I try to help them with. He’s had opportunities to leave here for mid major D-coordinator jobs, and he wanted to learn, he wanted to stay and he wanted to grow.

This is a great opportunity for him, to show what he can do, and to lead our guys. I know our guys trust and respect him. So it’ll be fun to watch him.

In this situation, we’ve got a very, very qualified coach that takes a lot of pride in what he does. I’m excited for Freddie.

Aughtry-Lindsay played Linebacker at NC State from 2001-04, where he was a 2-year starter. In his career with the Wolfpack, he had 266 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.

After playing two years of Arena Football after graduating from NC State, Aughtry-Lindsay got his first coaching position in the high school ranks, serving as the Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Andrews High School (Andrews, NC). He came back home to his alma mater in 2008, working as a Recruiting Assistant. and then he took on the role as a Graduate Assistant the following two seasons.

In 2011, he spread his wings, taking on his first college coaching position at Slippery Rock, coaching the Linebackers. In 2012-13, he served in the same position at Elon.

In 2014, Aughtry-Lindsay got his first opportunity as a Defensive Coordinator at St. Augustine’s, where he also coached the Special Teams.

From 2015-17, he was the Defensive Run Game Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at Campbell. While working with the Camels, Campbell ranked 5th nationally in Total Defense in the FCS ranks.

In 2018, Aughtry-Lindsay jumped back to the Power 4 ranks, working as a Senior Player Personnel Assistant.

In 2019, he jumped back down to the FCS ranks to take on a Defensive Coordinator position at North Carolina Central. The Eagles ranked 17th in the FCS in Total Defense.

In 2020, Aughtry-Lindsay came back to NC State, and he has been in Raleigh ever since, coaching the Nickels.

In sum, he has been working professionally in the College Football ranks for 17 years, and has served in a coaching role for 13 of those years.

Aughtry-Lindsay will be calling the defensive plays, which isn’t unfamiliar territory for him, serving as a Defensive Coordinator for 2 years at 2 different schools.

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