Nick Howell
Defensive Coordinator at Utah State since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 25
- First season
- 2002
- Teams
- 8
Career
12 stints
- 2002Sky View HS (UT)Defensive Line
- 2003Weber HS (UT)dc
- 2004–2006Ben Lomond HS (UT)Head Coach
- 2007BYUAssistant Coach
- 2008–2009BYUGraduate Assistant
- 2010BYUOutside Linebackers
- 2011–2015BYUDefensive Backs
- 2013–2015BYUDefensive Backs
- 2016–2021VirginiaDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2022–2023VanderbiltDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2024New MexicoDefensive Coordinator
- 2025–presentUtah StateDefensive CoordinatorSafeties
Coaching tree
3 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
6
- 2025–2026Bronco MendenhallCoached under · Utah State
- 2024Bronco MendenhallCoached under · New Mexico
- 2022–2023Clark LeaCoached under · Vanderbilt
- 2016–2021Bronco MendenhallCoached under · Virginia
- 2012–2013Jason KaufusiCoached under · BYU
- 2007–2015Bronco MendenhallCoached under · BYU
Succeeded
9
- 2025Spence NowinskySucceeded by · New Mexico
- 2024Troy ReffettSucceeded · New Mexico
- 2022Jesse MinterSucceeded · Vanderbilt
- 2022John RudzinskiSucceeded by · Virginia
- 2011Kelly PoppingaSucceeded by · BYU
- 2010Kelly PoppingaSucceeded by · BYU
- 2010Shaun NuaSucceeded by · BYU
- 2008Jason BeckSucceeded · BYU
- 2008Kelly BillsSucceeded · BYU
Tenure
25 seasons
- BYUPosition coach · 2007–20157
- VirginiaCoordinator · 2016–20216
- Ben Lomond HS (UT)Head coach · 2004–20063
- Utah StateCoordinator · 2025–2026 · current2
- VanderbiltCoordinator · 2022–20232
- BYUAnalyst · 2008–20092
- New MexicoCoordinator · 20241
- Weber HS (UT)Coordinator · 20031
- Sky View HS (UT)Position coach · 20021
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Nick Howell. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.