Andy Avalos - Defensive Fundamentals

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Andy Avalos joined the TCU football staff as defensive coordinator in December 2023. Avalos served the previous three seasons as Boise State’s head football coach. He was the 2022 Mountain West Coach of the Year after leading the Broncos to a 10-4 record. Before becoming a head coach, Avalos was a successful defensive coordinator at Oregon (2019-20) and Boise State (2016-18). With the Ducks, he was a 2019 semifinalist for the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach.

During his career, Avalos has been a part of 15 conference championships and 13 bowl games while coaching seven NFL Draft picks, four All-Americans, five freshman All-Americans, three conference defensive players of the year and 50 all-conference selections. A team captain and all-conference linebacker during his playing career (2000-04), Avalos was just the second graduate of Boise State to lead the Broncos’ football program. He earned first-team All-WAC honors at outside linebacker in each of his final two seasons, completing his career fourth all-time at the school with 355 tackles. He was named to the All-Blue Team during the 2016 season, a list of the 30 greatest players in Boise State history. The Broncos won three WAC championships (2002, 2003, 2004) in his four years as a starting linebacker. Avalos and his wife Summer have two daughters, Paityn and Paige.