Coleman Hutzler joined the Auburn football staff in December 2025. He currently serves as the bucks/edges coach.
Hutzler comes to Auburn with 20 years of experience, including the last 10 years in the Southeastern Conference. He most recently spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.
He has worked alongside Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin four previous times in his career at Stanford (2008-09), Florida (2010-11, 2014) and Ole Miss (2021).
During Hutzler’s career, his players have accounted for more than 30 all-conference honors, more than 25 All-America accolades, four conference player of the year awards and four national player of the year nods.
Highlighting his two-year stint at Mississippi State, Hutzler had a total of three defenders rank in the top three in the league in tackles, including the top two tacklers in the league in 2024, while his 2025 unit ranked third in the SEC with 12 interceptions. His unit improved in every defensive category, including scoring defense, total defense and turnovers forced, from his first season to his second.
Prior to his time in Starkville, Hutzler served as the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Alabama. He not only helped Alabama have one of the best special teams units in the country, including mentoring college football’s all-time leading scorer in kicker Will Reichard, but also saw the defense rank in the top 25 in the country in sacks and tackles for loss in both seasons. In his first season, outside linebacker Will Anders Jr. swept the national awards, winning the Bronko Nagurski, Chuck Bednarik and Lombardi awards to go along with the Lott IMPACT Trophy.
Hutzler’s previous stops as a full-time coach in the SEC include stints as the special teams coordinator at Ole Miss in 2021, co-defensive coordinator at Texas in 2020, special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at South Carolina from 2016-19 and a similar role at Florida in 2014.
Hutzler has repeatedly seen his special teams units and individuals rank among the best in the country in numerous categories and was a nominee for the Broyles Award while at South Carolina in 2017.
He also has stints at New Mexico (2012-13), Boston College (2015), and Stanford (2007-09). Hutzler got his coaching start at San Diego in 2006.
A native of Las Vegas, Hutzler played football at Middlebury College in Vermont, earning his degree in psychology in 2006. A linebacker from 2002-05, he was a team captain as a senior and left the program second in career tackles.
Hutzler and his wife, Cobey, have a son, Micah, and a daughter, Leila.
COACHING HISTORY
2006: San Diego, Defensive Assistant
2007: Stanford, Recruiting Assistant
2008-09: Stanford, Defensive Assistant
2010-11: Florida, Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
2012-13: New Mexico, Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers
2014: Florida, Special Teams Coordinators/Outside Linebackers
2015: Boston College, Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers
2016-19: South Carolina, Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
2020: Texas, Co-Defensive Coordinator
2021: Ole Miss, Special Teams Coordinator
2022-23: Alabama, Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers
2024-25: Mississippi State, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2026-, Auburn, Bucks/Edges