David Elson
Defensive Assistant at Louisville since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 28
- First season
- 1994
- Teams
- 12
Career
18 stints
1990s
- 1994–1995Southern IllinoisGraduate Assistant
- 1996–2000Western KentuckyDefensive Backs
2000s
- 2001–2002Western KentuckyDefensive Coordinator
- 2007–2009Western KentuckyHead Coach
2010s
- 2010IndianaAssistant Coach
- 2011Franklin-Simpson HS (KY)dc
- 2012–2013New Mexico StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2014Southern IllinoisDefensive Backs
- 2015Southern Illinoisdc
- 2016Western Illinoisdc
- 2017Ball StateAssistant Coach
- 2019Ball StateDefensive Coordinator
2020s
- 2020Marian (IN)dc
- 2021PurdueQuality Control Coach
- 2022PurdueLinebackers
- 2023–2024Wake ForestAnalyst
- 2025Indiana StatedcLinebackers
- 2026–presentLouisvilleDefensive Assistant
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 10 protégés, 3 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
22
- 2026Jeff BrohmCoached under · Louisville
- 2025Curt MalloryCoached under · Indiana State
- 2023–2024Dave ClawsonCoached under · Wake Forest
- 2021–2022Jeff BrohmCoached under · Purdue
- 2019Mike NeuCoached under · Ball State
- 2017Mike NeuCoached under · Ball State
- 2016Charlie FisherCoached under · Western Illinois
- 2013Doug MartinCoached under · New Mexico State
- 2012DeWayne WalkerCoached under · New Mexico State
- 2010Bill LynchCoached under · Indiana
- 2009Kurt BarberMentored · Western Kentucky
- 2009Mike DietzelMentored · Western Kentucky
- 2009Scott BookerMentored · Western Kentucky
- 2009Walter WellsMentored · Western Kentucky
- 2008Travaris RobinsonMentored · Western Kentucky
7 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
11
- 2021Dan RoweSucceeded · Purdue
- 2021Justin SinzSucceeded · Purdue
- 2020Tyler StocktonSucceeded by · Ball State
- 2017John StrolloSucceeded · Ball State
- 2014Larry CoyerSucceeded by · New Mexico State
- 2012Dale LindseySucceeded · New Mexico State
- 2011Jeff SimsSucceeded by · Indiana
- 2010Raymond Woodie Jr.Succeeded by · Western Kentucky
- 2010Willie TaggartSucceeded by · Western Kentucky
- 2003Don MartindaleSucceeded by · Western Kentucky
- 2001Don MartindaleSucceeded · Western Kentucky
Tenure
28 seasons
- Western KentuckyPosition coach · 1996–20005
- Western KentuckyHead coach · 2007–20093
- Wake ForestAnalyst · 2023–20242
- New Mexico StateCoordinator · 2012–20132
- Western KentuckyCoordinator · 2001–20022
- Southern IllinoisAnalyst · 1994–19952
- LouisvilleAnalyst · 2026 · current1
- Indiana StateCoordinator · 20251
- PurduePosition coach · 20221
- PurdueAnalyst · 20211
- Marian (IN)Coordinator · 20201
- Ball StateCoordinator · 20191
- Ball StatePosition coach · 20171
- Western IllinoisCoordinator · 20161
- Southern IllinoisCoordinator · 20151
- Southern IllinoisPosition coach · 20141
- Franklin-Simpson HS (KY)Coordinator · 20111
- IndianaPosition coach · 20101
Pipeline
2 of 7 coordinators
- 11 seasonsWalt Wellsunder at Western Kentucky 2007 · head coach at Eastern Kentucky2020
- 4 seasonsT. J. Weistunder at Western Kentucky 2007 · head coach at UConn2013
Moves
Nothing on the wire for David Elson. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.