Kap Dede, PhD., joined the WKU Football staff in spring 2024 as the Run Game Specialist and Outside Linebackers Coach.
Prior to his arrival on The Hill, Dede was the Co-Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach at LIU in 2023 and the Defensive Backs Coach at Charlotte in 2022. He was the Linebackers/Nickelbacks Coach at Colorado State from 2020-21. He has also worked in various roles on staffs at Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, and Louisville, before his arrival at Colorado State.
Dede, who was a defensive back at Auburn during his playing days and later signed with the NFL's New York Giants, began his coaching career at Auburn High School in 2011-12 and was the head coach at Woodbridge High School in Virginia in 2013-14.
He got his college start at Louisville as Defensive Quality Control coach in 2015-16. He served in that same role at Mississippi State in 2017 under Dan Mullen and accompanied Mullen and defensive coordinator Todd Grantham to Florida in 2018. In 2019, Dede was named senior defensive analyst at Arkansas.
He earned his doctorate in Administration in Higher Education from Auburn in 2012. As a player at Auburn, Dede helped the Tigers to a 41-10 record, three SEC West titles and the 2004 SEC Championship. The Tigers advanced to the Citrus Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Music City Bowl during his playing career.
Dede was a three-time member of the All-SEC Academic team and, as a senior, was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is commonly considered college football's academic Heisman.
Dede is married to wife, Ashley. They have two three children – Jonah, Judah, and Presleigh.
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