Previously served as a defensive coordinator at the FCS, Division II and Division III levels
TAMPA, DEC. 22, 2022 – University of South Florida Head Coach Alex Golesh has named Chad Creamer as the Bulls’ special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach.
Creamer comes to USF from Tennessee (2022) where he served as a defensive analyst, working on staff with Golesh, and having served as defensive coordinator at the FCS, Division II and Division III levels at three previous college programs.
“I have had the opportunity to work with Chad at two previous programs and he is one of the hardest workers I have ever been around,” Golesh said. “He has terrific experience coaching linebackers and special teams, having served as a coordinator at three different levels of college football, and I am very excited he and his family are joining our Bulls family in Tampa as we build one of the most aggressive defenses in the country.”
Creamer spent two seasons at Shorter University (2018-19) as defensive coordinator/linebacker coach for the Division II program.
Prior to his time at Shorter, Creamer served as a defensive quality control coach at Cincinnati (2017) and for four seasons at Davidson College (2013-16) as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the FCS program.
Creamer spent a season as a player personnel assistant at Illinois (2012), spent two seasons guiding the defense at Division III Capital University (2010-11) and served as a graduate assistant at Austin Peay (2009) and an undergraduate assistant at Ohio State (2007-08).
After playing four seasons as a safety at Greenview High School in Jamestown, Ohio, Creamer bypassed a chance to play college football to become involved in the Ohio State program.
He started in the weight room, moved to work with the defensive backs and spent his final year at OSU helping one of the nation’s most respected defensive coordinators, Jim Heacock. His assignment included working with the defensive line during that two-year timeframe.
A native of Jamestown, Ohio, Creamer earned a bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in sport and leisure studies at Ohio State and completed his master’s degree in health and human performance at Austin Peay in 2011.
Creamer and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, Quinn and Cailyn.
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