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Trent Figg

  • Title
    Associate Head Coach Defense/Defensive Backs
  • Email
    football@hawaii.edu
  • Phone
    (808) 956-6508
YEARS COACHING
  • Hawai‘i: 2nd season
  • Overall: 14th season

ALMA MATER
  • William Jewell College, 2008
 
CAREER EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Chief of Staff (2020)
  • Missouri State, Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach (2018-19)
  • Southern Arkansas, Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2017); Defensive Backs Coach/Special Team Coordinator (2014)
  • William Jewell College, Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach (2015-16); Defensive Backs Coach (2012-13); Linebackers (2011); Running Backs (2010); Outside Linebackers (2008-09); Operations (2008-10)
  • Arizona State, Graduate Assistant (2013)
 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Defensive coordinator for a Southern Arkansas squad that finished second in the conference in overall defense, produced the Defensive Player of the Year, and placed three players on the all-conference first team.  
  • Served as the defensive coordinator for the USA Team at the 2016 World University Championship in Monterrey, Mexico.
  • First worked with Todd Graham as a defensive graduate assistant and special teams assistant at Arizona State in 2013.
  • In his lone season in Tempe, the Sun Devils won 10 games, claimed the Pac-12 South Division, and finished No. 21 in the final AP Poll while sporting the league’s top defensive unit. 
  • Spent the majority of his coaching career at his alma mater William Jewell with a pair of stints spanning eight seasons.
  • While serving as the defensive coordinator, William Jewell led the conference in sacks and tackles-for-loss
 
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • William Jewell College, 2005-08

PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Played cornerback, safety, and outside linebacker.
  • An Academic All-American.
  • Earned the team Hustle Award.
 
HOMETOWN
  • Chillicothe, Mo.

EDUCATION
  • William Jewell College, B.S., Secondary Education/Physical Education (2008)
  • Northwest Missouri State, M.Ed., Education Leadership (2012)
 
PERSONAL
  • Wife: Tori; Sons: Titus, Thomas and Tobias