North Carolina State University Athletics
Swepson Named Head Coach at Elon
1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 10, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. -
NC State running backs coach Jason Swepson has been named head football coach at Elon as announced by the university today. Swepson becomes the seventh of 21 assistant coaches under Tom O’Brien to be named head coach of a Division I program.
Swepson has spent the past four seasons coaching the Wolfpack running backs after serving in the same capacity under O’Brien at Boston College from 1999-2006. This past season Mustafa Greene became the first freshman since 1980 to rush for a touchdown in his first four games.
At Boston College he coached William Green to consensus first-team All-America honors.
Swepson, a native of Seehonk, Mass., earned a B.S. in human development from Boston College in 1992, where he lettered for four seasons at running back and wide receiver.
During his 14 years as a head coach, Tom O’Brien has mentored seven assistant
coaches who have gone on to be Division I head coaches. Three of his former protégés are now head coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Al Golden at Miami, Mike London at Virginia and Frank Spaziani at Boston College.
Here’s a look at former assistant coaches under O’Brien who have gone on to the head coaching ranks:
Name - Head Coach, School, Yrs - Yrs under O’Brien
Al Golden – Miami, 2010 - 1997-99 (LB)
Jeff Jagodzinski - Boston College, 2007-08 - 1997-98(Off. Coor/OL)
Mike London - Virginia, 2010 - 1997-00 (Def. Line)
Bob Shoop - Columbia, 2003-05 - 1999-02 (Secondary)
Frank Spaziani - Boston College, 2009-pres. - 1997-06 (Def. Coor/RB)
Jason Swepson – Elon University, 2011 – 1999-2010 (RB)
Don Treadwell – Miami University (Ohio), 2011 – 1997-98 (Co-Off. Coor/QB/WR)
