Andrew Paider - Defensive Line Coach - Football Coaches - Gannon University Athletics

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Andrew Paider

Title

Defensive Line Coach
Email

paider001@gannon.edu

Entering his first year as an assistant coach with Gannon’s football team in 2020-21
Serves as the team's defensive line coach, as well as in all facets of team training, practice and recruiting
Spent previous three seasons at Division III MacMurray in Jacksonville, Illinois, including the 2019 season as the Highlanders’ defensive coordinator

Served on the staff at MacMurray from 2017-2019, coaching the defensive line throughout and taking over defensive coordinator duties in 2019
Served as defensive line coach at Division III Wilmington (Ohio) in 2016
Helped Division III St. Norbert to a 10-0 regular season as defensive line coach in 2015
Spent the 2014 season as assistant defensive line coach at his alma mater Lawrence in 2014

A four-year member of the football team at Lawrence, lining up at linebacker from 2010-2013
Still stands second in the Vikings’ record book in career tackles for loss (36.5), and ninth in sacks (11.5)
Also was a four-year athlete on the track and field team, competing in throws

Master’s in Sports Leadership – Concordia (Ill.) (2019)
Bachelor’s in History – Lawrence (Wis.) (2014)

Native of Denmark, Wisconsin

Paider's Coaching Career
	School	Position	Record	Conference Record	Postseason	Notes
2019	MacMurray (Ill.)	Defensive Coordinator	5-5	5-3		-Coached four All-UMAC defensive selections
2018	MacMurray (Ill.)	Defensive Line Coach	7-2	7-1		-UMAC conference runners-up -Coached UMAC Defensive MVP and two total All-UMAC selections
2017	MacMurray (Ill.)	Defensive Line Coach	8-2	7-2		-UMAC conference runners-up -Coached UMAC Defensive MVP
2016	Wilmington (Ohio)	Defensive Line Coach	0-10	0-9		-Coached one All-OAC selection
2015	St. Norbert (Wis.)	Defensive Line Coach	10-1	5-0	NCAA First Round	-Midwest Conference Champions -10-0 Regular Season Record -Coached two All-Midwest Conference selections
2014	Lawrence (Wis.)	Assistant Defensive Line Coach	1-9	0-5		-Coached one All-Midwest Conference selection