Tyson Summers
Defensive Coordinator at Colorado State since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 25
- First season
- 2002
- Teams
- 11
Career
18 stints
2000s
- 2002Tift County HS (GA)Defensive Backs
- 2003PresbyterianDefensive Backs
- 2004TroyHead Coach
- 2005GeorgiaHead Coach
- 2006Georgia SouthernSafeties
- 2007–2010UABLinebackers
2010s
- 2011UABSpecial Teams CoordinatorSafeties
- 2012–2014UCFdc
- 2015Colorado StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2016–2017Georgia SouthernHead Coach
- 2017GeorgiaDefensive Quality Control
- 2018GeorgiaDefensive Quality Control
- 2019–2020ColoradoDefensive CoordinatorInside LinebackersSafeties
2020s
- 2021FloridaDefensive Analyst
- 2022–2024Western KentuckyDefensive Coordinator
- 2025Colorado StateHead CoachInterim
- 2025–presentColorado StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2026Colorado StateDefensive Coordinator
Coaching tree
14 mentors, 19 protégés, 6 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
34
- 2026Jim MoraCoached under · Colorado State
- 2025Chase HolbrookMentored · Colorado State
- 2025Clint SintimMentored · Colorado State
- 2025Jay NorvellCoached under · Colorado State
- 2025Jeremy MosesMentored · Colorado State
- 2025John JancekMentored · Colorado State
- 2025Matt MummeMentored · Colorado State
- 2025Mike GoffMentored · Colorado State
- 2025Tommy PerryMentored · Colorado State
- 2022–2024Tyson HeltonCoached under · Western Kentucky
- 2021Dan MullenCoached under · Florida
- 2021Greg KnoxCoached under · Florida
- 2020Karl DorrellCoached under · Colorado
- 2019Mel TuckerCoached under · Colorado
- 2017Bryan CookMentored · Georgia Southern
19 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
23
- 2026Jim MoraSucceeded by · Colorado State
- 2025Freddie BanksSucceeded · Colorado State
- 2025Jay NorvellSucceeded · Colorado State
- 2022Maurice Crum Jr.Succeeded · Western Kentucky
- 2021Chris WilsonSucceeded by · Colorado
- 2021Jamar ChaneySucceeded by · Florida
- 2019Austin ArmstrongSucceeded by · Georgia
- 2019D. J. EliotSucceeded · Colorado
- 2019Dan O'BrienSucceeded by · Georgia
- 2019Jules MontinarSucceeded by · Georgia
- 2018Blaine MillerSucceeded · Georgia
- 2018Brian MichalowskiSucceeded · Georgia
- 2018Travares TillmanSucceeded by · Georgia
- 2018Travares TillmanSucceeded · Georgia
- 2018Will WindhamSucceeded · Georgia
8 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
25 seasons
- UABPosition coach · 2007–20104
- Colorado StateCoordinator · 2015–2026 · current3
- Western KentuckyCoordinator · 2022–20243
- UCFCoordinator · 2012–20143
- ColoradoCoordinator · 2019–20202
- GeorgiaAnalyst · 2017–20182
- Georgia SouthernHead coach · 2016–20172
- Colorado StateHead coach · 20251
- FloridaAnalyst · 20211
- UABCoordinator · 20111
- Georgia SouthernPosition coach · 20061
- GeorgiaHead coach · 20051
- TroyHead coach · 20041
- PresbyterianPosition coach · 20031
- Tift County HS (GA)Position coach · 20021
Pipeline
3 of 10 coordinators
- 1 seasonDavid Deanunder at Georgia Southern 2016 · head coach at West Georgia2017
- 7 seasonsVic Koenningunder at Troy 2004 · head coach at Illinois2011
- 2 seasonsNeil Callawayunder at Georgia 2005 · head coach at UAB2007
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Tyson Summers. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.