ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Head football coach Bob Davie has announced that veteran coach Stan Eggen will join the Lobo coaching staff as defensive line coach. Eggen spent the past two seasons at Iowa State University.
While with the Cyclones, Eggen’s defensive line picked up several accolades in 2015, including Demond Tucker, who was the Big XII Defensive Newcomer of the Year. Tucker was second on the club with 6.0 sacks and with 13.5 TFLs. He also coached Dale Pierson to second team All-Big XII honors (8.5 sacks, 12.5 TFLs) and Demond Tucker to honorable mention honors.
Eggen has coached several players that have gone on to the NFL, most recently Michael Bennett (Seattle), Von Miller (Denver), Red Bryant (Seattle), IK Enemkpali (Buffalo) and Justin Ellis (Oakland).
Eggen developed a reputation as one of the top recruiters in the country, earning the title of recruiting coordinator title at Louisiana Tech for his final four seasons. He’s been named as one of the top 20 recruiters in the country multiple times by Rivals.com and was named as one of the top 10 recruiters in the country by Scout.com.
Eggen has had a 32-year career in coaching at the collegiate level, including a previous stop at The University of New Mexico. Eggen coached the defensive line for the Lobos in the 1997 season under Dennis Franchoine. That season ended with UNM’s first Bowl appearance in 36 years as UNM faced off with Arizona in the Insight.com Bowl. Eggen was a mainstay of Franchoine’s staffs from New Mexico through TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M, an association that lasted 11 seasons.
Eggen began his coaching career at the University of North Dakota in 1979-80 after playing free safety at Moorhead State in Minnesota, where he was a three-year starter for the Dragons. He graduated from Moorhead State in 1977 with a bachelor’s in education, and he graduated with his master’s in education from North Dakota in 1981.
THE EGGEN FILE
Born: February 23, 1953
Hometown: Dilworth, Minn.
Alma Mater: Moorhead State, 1977, B.S., Education; North Dakota, 1981, M.S., Education
Playing Experience: Moorhead State, 1972-76
Family: Wife, Tina; daughters, Sloane, Paige and Shelby
Coaching Experience
2014-15 Iowa State (Defensive Line)
2009-13 Louisiana Tech (Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator)
2008 Louisiana Tech (Defensive Line)
2003-07 Texas A&M (Defensive Line)
2001-02 Alabama (Defensive Line)
1998-00 TCU (Defensive Line)
1997 New Mexico (Defensive Line)
1994-96 UNLV (Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers)
1993 Nevada (Inside Linebackers)
1991-92 UNLV (Defensive Ends/Linebackers)
1986-90 Utah State (Recruiting Coordinator/Inside Linebackers)
1984-85 Drake (Outside Linebackers)
1982-83 Memphis (Inside Linebackers)
1981 Southeast Missouri State (Linebackers)
1979-80 North Dakota (Defensive Backs Coach)
Bowl Games/Postseason
(corresponding to the season, not the actual year of the bowl game)
2011 Poinsettia Bowl, 2008 Independence Bowl, 2007 Alamo Bowl, 2006 Holiday Bowl, 2005 Cotton Bowl, 2001 Independence Bowl, 2000 Mobile Bowl, 1999 Mobile Bowl, 1998 Sun Bowl, 1997 Insight.com Bowl, 1994 Las Vegas Bowl