Former Utah State football interim head coach Nate Dreiling is expected to take on the defensive coordinator role at Arkansas State, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Dreiling served as interim coach following the firing of Blake Anderson in July 2024 and held the position until USU hired Bronco Mendenhall last month. Coincidently enough, Dreiling’s landing spot is the same place Anderson was head coach at prior to coming to Utah State.
Dreiling had been hired to be the defensive coordinator of the Aggies in January 2024. Prior to coming to USU, he was the defensive coordinator at New Mexico State and Pittsburgh State.
With his hiring, the trio of top former coaches for USU prior to 2024 — head coach Blake Anderson, offensive coordinator Kyle Cefalo and defensive coordinator Dreiling — have all found new landing spots. Anderson will be the offensive coordinator at Southern Miss with Cefalo being the wide receivers coach at California.
