Location San Antonio, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
Tyrone Nix is an American football coach. He was born in Alabama, where football is almost a religion, to a football-loving family. Nix was groomed by his legendary Alabama high school football coach to take over his program upon his graduation from college, but Nix’s success at college proved he could take his coaching skills to an even higher
level of collegiate coaching.
After concluding his playing career at Southern Miss, he stuck around at his alma mater to coach on both sides of the ball, though primarily the defensive side. In 2005, he made the move to South Carolina, where he served under Hall-of-Fame coach and player Steve Spurrier, who named Nix his defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. His success with SC made him a marketable coach, and he took his skills to Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee, and Texas A&M, after which Nix was hired as an assistant coach for Virginia Tech under the tutoring of Hall of Fame Coordinator Bud Foster.
Most recently, Tyrone Nix served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) which moved from 92nd to 47th in total defense in one season under his guidance. At each stop, Tyrone has not only achieved high marks for his defensive schematics and winning formulas, but he has mentored countless young men on their achievements on the field, in their spiritual lives, and in the classroom. He has made the most of every opportunity and learned from everyone he’s worked with, both sterling attributes for someone who is a leader of men, on the field and off.
