Aaron Schwanz

Biography

At Florida Atlantic Joined the Owls in December 2024 as a member of Zach Kittley’s inaugural staff as the team's inside linebacker coach In 2025, coached duo of Tyler Stolsky and Leon Hart where both finished with 90+ tackles to be the first pair of Owls to do so in a season since 2019 Hart earned third team American Conference honors at seasons end Stolsky became the first Owl since Azeez Al-Shaair in 2017 to record 12+ tackles in four straight games At Louisiana Special teams assistant for the 2024 season Coached Kenneth Almendares in his All-American season, winning the Lou Groza Award as the nation's best kicker Member of coaching staff for Ragin' Cajuns team that had 10 victories and were the winners of the Sun Belt West Division, qualifying for the conference championship At Auburn Worked as analyst for Tigers in 2023, specializing with linebackers Qualified for Music City Bowl At Georgia Southern Served as the Eagles linebacker coach for the 2022 season Helped turn linebackers Marques Watson-Trent and Khadry Jackson into tackling machines as both finished nationally ranked in tackles per game Watson-Trent earned all-conference honors after leading the team with 114 tackles, including 5.5 for loss At Washington Was a defensive analyst for the Huskies for a stingy defense, one that ranked nationally in numerous categories While working with the outside linebackers, helped Washington rank first nationally for the fewest passing yards allowed (1,720), gave up a nation-low