Rodman Noel

Biography

Rodman Noel is a linebacker coach at Eastern Illinois University, hired in March 2025 to join head coach Chris Wilkerson's staff. He brings extensive coaching experience across multiple levels of college football. Noel previously served as an assistant coach at West Georgia in 2024, where he worked with linebackers and special teams on a defense that ranked third in FCS in sacks per game. Before that, he was a linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Morehead State in 2023, where he coached two All-Conference linebackers and part of a defensive unit that led FCS in interceptions. He also spent time as a graduate assistant coach at Southwest Baptist from 2021-23, where he coached All-American linebacker Coleton Smith and three All-Conference selections. Noel played linebacker at NC State, where he was a team captain and member of three bowl teams, leading the team in tackles in 2014 and earning the team's Defensive Player Award. He holds a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University and a master's degree from Southwest Baptist University. A native of Everett, Massachusetts, Noel signed as an undrafted free agent with the Cleveland Browns.