Greg Svarczkopf enters his third season with the Lobos, after two previous years serving as a graduate assistant. Greg serves as the Director of Recruiting in which he is responsible for coordinating and executing all facets within the UNM Football Recruiting Department.
Svarczkopf will also work with compliance regarding initial eligibility and admissions with incoming recruits. He also handles many aspects of UNM’s social media. In 2018 as a G.A. he switched to working with the offensive line after spending the 2017 as the defensive graduate assistant working with the linebackers. With the offense, Svarczkopf handled on-the-field coaching, game preparation, film work, and statistical analysis.
He came to UNM after a season as a defensive line graduate assistant with Kent State. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Svarczkopf graduated from Indiana University. Svarczkopf joined the Kent State staff after serving one season as a quality control coach at Indiana, where he assisted with cornerbacks and safeties. Prior to Indiana, Svarczkopf coached outside linebackers and defensive backs at Trine University in 2014 and defensive tackles in 2013.
Svarczkopf began coaching at the University of St. Francis where he worked with defensive ends and was part of a Co-Mid States Football Association Championship. Greg played linebacker at Indiana from 2008-2011, earning a varsity letter in 2011. Immediately following his senior season, he worked with the linebackers as a student coach at Indiana in the spring of 2012.