Kelly Poppinga
Kelly Scott Poppinga (born January 31, 1982) is an American football coach and former player. He is the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Virginia. Poppinga played college football at Utah State University and Brigham Young University (BYU) as a linebacker. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and also spent time that season with the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. He is the younger brother of NFL linebacker Brady Poppinga. In December 2015, Poppinga was hired by Bronco Mendenhall to follow him to the Virginia as outside linebackers coach after serving in the same role at BYU under Mendenhall.[1]
 Poppinga with BYU at Michigan Stadium in 2015 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach |
| Team | Virginia |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 31, 1982 Evanston, Wyoming |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2004 | Utah State |
| 2006–2007 | BYU |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009 | BYU (intern) |
| 2010 | BYU (GA) |
| 2011–2012 | BYU (LB) |
| 2013–2015 | BYU (ST/LB) |
| 2016–2017 | Virginia (ST/OLB) |
| 2018–2020 | Virginia (co-DC/OLB) |
| 2021–present | Virginia (co-DC/LB) |
References
- "Kelly Poppinga, Nick Howell reportedly to UVA". 10 December 2015.
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