Terry Lantz joined the Averett University football program as defensive coordinator in March 2023. Lantz also coaches the defensive backs position group.
Lantz brings a wealth of experience to the Cougars’ coaching staff having coached in Division I and Division II for more than 30 years.
Most recently, Lantz was the outside linebackers coach at North Carolina A&T University from 2017-22. Prior to that, he was the defensive backs coach at Elon University from 2014-16. Lantz also served as the safeties coach at Ball State University (2011-12), defensive backs coach at Wofford College (2000-10), defensive backs coach at Liberty University (1999-00), linebackers coach at Glenville State College (1997-98), defensive backs coach at Virginia Military Institute (1996-97) and defensive backs coach at the University of Massachusetts (1994-95).
Lantz also had graduate assistant coaching stops at Northeast Louisiana University (now known as University of Louisiana-Monroe), University of Tennessee and University of Louisville.
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Throughout his coaching career, Lantz has coached numerous all-conference selections, including a First Team All-America selection and two Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year selections.
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A four-year letterwinner at Louisville, Lantz played defensive back from 1986-89 with the Cardinals. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in sports administration from Louisville in 1991. He earned his Master of Education in exercise science from Northeast Louisiana in 1993.
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Lantz and his wife Meredith have two children, Adam and Olivia.
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