Adam Mueller

Biography

Adam Mueller was elevated to a defensive assistant position in charge of the linebackers in February 2026. Before being elevated to his current role, Mueller spent three seasons as a quality control coach on the defensive side of the football. Prior to joining the UofL staff, Mueller served as a defensive graduate assistant at Purdue for two seasons. Before his stop in West Lafayette, Mueller was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio from 2019-21. During his first season at the helm of the defense, the Storm saw notable improvements in all major categories while finishing first in the GMAC in pass yards allowed per game and 11th nationally in red zone defense. Mueller also coached the defensive line and worked as the director of football operations at Morehead State for the 2018 season after working as the assistant defensive line coach at Morehead during the 2015 season Between stints with the Eagles, Mueller was a defensive graduate assistant at Boston College from 2016-18, helping guide their defense to a stellar 2016 season in which they finished ninth nationally in total defense and second in total sacks. Mueller graduated from Purdue with a master's degree in the spring of 2023 after also earning a master's in leadership and administration from Boston College in 2019. He earned his bachelor's degree in history and communications at Connecticut in 2014, where he was also a three-year letter-winner on the Huskies' footba