Everett Withers - Chief of Staff - Football Support Staff

Everett Withers

Title:
Chief of Staff
Email:
everett.withers@temple.edu
Phone:
215-204-4694

EVERETT WITHERS
Hometown	Charlotte, N.C.
College	Appalachian State, 1985
Family	Wife: Kara
	Children: son Pierce, daughter Tia

Coaching Experience
Year	School, Position
2023-	Temple, DC/OLBs
2021	FIU, AHC/DC/SAF
2020	Texas, Analyst
2019	New York Giants, DBs
2016-18	Texas State, HC
2014-15	James Madison, HC
2012-13	Ohio State, AHC/Co-DC/SAF
2011	North Carolina, Interim HC
2008-10	North Carolina, DC/DBs
2007	Minnesota, DC
2001-06	Tennessee Titans, DBs
1998-00	Texas, DBs
1995-97	Louisville, AHC/DC/DBs
1994	New Orleans Saints, DQC
1992-93	Southern Miss, DB/AST
1991	Tulane, OLBs
1988-90	Austin Peay, DB/DC/WR/ST
Postseason Experience
Year	Bowl, School
2020	Alamo Bowl, Texas
2015	FCS Playoffs, James Madison
2014	FCS Playoffs, James Madison
2013	Orange Bowl, Ohio State
2011	Independence Bowl, North Carolina
2010	Music City Bowl, North Carolina
2009	Meineke Car Care Bowl, North Carolina
2008	Meineke Car Care Bowl, North Carolina
2000	Holiday Bowl, Texas
1999	Cotton Bowl, Texas
1998	Cotton Bowl, Texas

Everett Withers rejoined Temple Football in March 2023, this time as defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach. He spent the 2022 season with the Owls as Stan Drayton's chief of staff before briefly taking an on-field role at FAU as assistant head coach.

Withers originally joined Temple Football in January 2022 where he support Drayton in all aspects of the program. Withers, who was an offensive analyst with the Texas Longhorns in 2020, reunited with Drayton and Arthur Johnson, Temple’s vice president and director of athletics. Withers came to Temple after serving the 2021 season as assistant head coach for FIU football under Butch Davis. He also served as the defensive coordinator and oversaw the defensive secondary.

Withers has served as a head coach at Texas State (2016-18), FCS powerhouse James Madison (2014-15) and UNC (2011), while also making additional prominent stops as an assistant coach with Texas twice (1998-2000 and 2020), Louisville, Minnesota, and Ohio State in the college ranks. In the NFL, Withers has coached with the Saints, Titans and most recently in 2019 with the Giants.

During his time at Texas State, Withers headed a cultural transformation of the football program that featured renovations and upgrades in the team's End Zone Complex, new uniforms and helmets, and new lockers in the locker room. Texas State's football players improved on the field, succeeded in the classroom at a record-setting pace, and performed community service in the city of San Marcos and Hays County.

Prior to his tenure at Texas State, Withers was the head coach at James Madison in 2014-15. He guided the Dukes to an 18-7 record, including a 12-4 record in the Colonial Athletic Association, and a pair of NCAA FCS playoff appearances. JMU won a share of a CAA championship in 2015, the school's first conference title since 2008, and finished third in the CAA in 2014 after being predicted to finish eighth. James Madison also set a school record with a 14-game, regular-season winning streak after the Dukes won the final seven games of the 2014 season and began the 2015 campaign with a 7-0 record. JMU also tied a school record by winning 10 straight CAA games. Withers was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award for his efforts with the Dukes.

In 2011, Withers took over as interim head coach at UNC and led the Tar Heels to an Independence Bowl appearance.

In addition to his head coaching resume, Withers was a defensive coordinator at Ohio State (2012-13) – where he first worked with Drayton - UNC (2008-10), Minnesota (2007) and Louisville (1995-97), while also serving as an assistant coach at Southern Miss (1992-93), Tulane (1991) and at Austin Peay (1988-90). Withers was a two-time Broyles Award nominee while an assistant coach at UNC. The veteran coach has also made his rounds in the NFL, coaching with the Giants (2019), Titans (2001-06) and Saints (1994) over his long career.

A native of Charlotte, N.C., Withers was a four-year letterman as a defensive back at Appalachian State playing for Mack Brown in 1983 before being named captain in 1984. He and his wife, Kara, have a daughter, Tia, and a son, Pierce.