Cory Peoples

Biography

Cory Peoples comes to Liberty after spending the 2024 and 2025 seasons at Georgia Tech as a Defensive Backs coach. During his time at Georgia Tech, Peoples helped the Yellow Jackets to back-to-back bowl game appearances (2024 – Birmingham Bowl; 2025 – Pop-Tarts Bowl). This past season, Georgia Tech posted a 9-4 record and finished the year ranked No. 24 in the final US LBM Coaches Poll. This marked the first time in 11 years that the Yellow Jackets have finished the season in the nation’s top 25. Georgia Tech’s nine-win season in 2025 was tied for the 10th-most victories in program history. The team rose to as high as No. 7 in the national rankings in Weeks 9 and 10. Georgia Tech was ranked in the final 14 national polls of the season, which is its longest same-season streak since the Jackets were ranked in all 16 polls in 1999. Georgia Tech was also 6-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, which was good for a tie for second place in the 17-team conference. The Yellow Jackets are the only ACC team that has finished in the top four of the conference standings each of the last three seasons. In Peoples’ first season at Georgia Tech, the Yellow Jackets finished sixth in the ACC in passing defense (220.7 yards per game), which was tied for their second-best showing in 12 seasons. Peoples’ secondary also played a big role in the Jackets ranking sixth in the ACC in rushing defense (122.2 yards per game), as five of the team’s top seven tacklers were defensive backs. Peoples came to