DJ Eliot

Biography

Wyoming '99 28th year in coaching; 2nd year at NC State PLAYING EXPERIENCE: COLLEGE – Played linebacker at Wyoming for coach Dana Dimel; HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered in football and basketball at Edmond (Oklahoma) Memorial High School. EDUCATION: Earned a bachelor’s degree in natural science from Wyoming in 1999 and his master’s degree in education from Houston in 2002. PERSONAL: Grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma, graduating from Edmond Memorial High School, where he ll. He and his wife, the former Miekel Marsh, have one son, Dawson, and three daughters, Drue, Page, and Reace. BOWL EXPERIENCE: AS A COACH (9): NC State: 2025 Gasparilla Bowl; Baylor: 2024 Texas Bowl; Kentucky: 2016 Taxslayer Bowl; Florida State: 2012 Orange Bowl, 2011 Champs Sports Bowl, 2010 Chick Fil A Bowl; Rice: 2008 Texas Bowl; Tulsa: 2006 Armed Forces Bowl; Miami - 2002 Fiesta Bowl (BCS Championship) COACHING HIGHLIGHTS: Overall: - Boasts coaching experience from the NFL, the ACC, the SEC, the Big 12 and the Pac-12. At NC State: - Linebacker Caden Fordham led the ACC in tackles (fourth in FBS), was a first-team All-ACC performer and a second-team All-American. At Temple: - Directed a defense that ranked eighth in the FBS in sacks per game (3.2), ninth in TFLs per game (7.3) and 24th in passing yards allowed per game (198.6). Temple tallied 38 sacks, more than doubling the previous year’s output. At Kansas: - Seven players earned postseason honors during his tenure, including linebacker Kyron Johnson who was drafted a