Eron Hodges

Biography

Eron Hodges joined the Oregon State football program as General Manager. Hodges has spent the past two seasons at the University of Alabama as Associate Director of Player Personnel and has previous experience at TCU, Louisville University, Texas Tech University, Purdue University and Ohio State University. He spent two years at TCU (2022-23) as the director of recruiting while also serving as a defensive analyst, working primarily with cornerbacks. Prior to working at TCU, he spent one year at Louisville (2021) as a recruiting coordinator and defensive analyst and one year at Texas Tech (2020) as the director of recruiting. Prior to Texas Tech, he spent three years as director of player personnel at Purdue and helped the Boilermakers sign the highest-rated recruiting class in more than a decade, ranked No. 25 nationally by 247sports.com. Hodges served as assistant director of player personnel at Ohio State for three years, joining the Buckeyes' recruiting staff as an analyst in 2015 after previously serving as a strength and conditioning coach. He spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Kent State, working primarily with linebackers. He began his career in collegiate athletics as a strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame in 2012, while also working as linebackers coach at Valparaiso (2012) and Saint Joseph's (2015). Hodges served four years in the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school. After the Navy, he earned a bachelor's degree in exer