David Metcalf was hired by WKU in the spring of 2026 as Safeties Coach. The 2026 season will be his first on The Hill.
Metcalf comes to WKU from Georgia, where he worked in an Assistant Quality Control – Defense role, assisting with the team's safeties.
He helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back College Football Playoff berths the last two seasons. In 2024, Georgia went 11-3 and fell to eventual national runner-up Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, and in 2025 the Bulldogs went 12-2 with an SEC title and an appearance in the Sugar Bowl.
Metcalf coached on a defense in 2025 that finished 10th nationally in scoring, allowing just 17.6 points per game, and 14th in total defense with 298 yards allowed per game. The Bulldogs ranked in the top 40 nationally in team passing efficiency defense and third down defense, and fourth nationally in rushing defense.
In 2024, Metcalf helped coach a defense that was strong in the fourth quarter, holding opponents to a total of 60 points. The Bulldogs held then-No. 14 Clemson to just three points in the first game of the season, and also took down then-No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin. Junior safety Malaki Starks was a Thorpe Award finalist and earned First Team All-America honors for the second season in a row in 2024, while true freshman safety KJ Bolden was a Freshman All-American and a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year Award. Fifth-year safety Dan Jackson received All-Southeastern Conference Third Team honors thanks in part to his 64 tackles – which ranked third on the team – and two interceptions.
Metcalf was part of Georgia teams that won the 2023 Capital One Orange Bowl, as well as the 2022 SEC Championship and College Football Playoff National Championship.
Metcalf worked at Division III McMurry University from 2019 until the 2020-21 season. He joined the McMurry Football coaching staff in August of 2019, assisting with the safeties during his first season before becoming the Defensive Backs Coach.
Prior to McMurry, Metcalf spent four seasons as an Assistant Coach at Texas Southern. After spending the 2015 and 2016 seasons as a Graduate Assistant, Metcalf was promoted to Assistant Coach working with outside linebackers in 2017 and safeties in 2018. He was also responsible for recruiting at California junior colleges and parts of East Texas while at TSU.
Metcalf, a Compton, California, native, played two seasons at Citrus College in California. He then moved on to Prairie View for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, where he played safety.
Metcalf graduated from PVAMU with a degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology. He earned his Master's in 2017 from Texas Southern University, majoring in Educational Administration.
