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Nate Dean

  • Title
    Defensive Backs Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
  • Email
    ndean@jcu.edu
Nate Dean enters his second season on the JCU Football coaching staff in 2026. Dean was elevated to Defensive Backs Coach / Recruiting Coordinator after serving as Cornerbacks Coach in 2025. 

In his first season in University Heights, Dean mentored a pair of All-NCAC selections, Dylan Crasi and Jacob Hufnagel. The two outstanding corners won Second Team All-NCAC honors after anchoring a standout secondary en route to the NCAA Semifinal and an NCAC Championship. 

Dean’s last stop was at Mount St. Joseph, where he coached the defensive backs last season. Dean and the Lions faced off with JCU in the First Round of the NCAA Playoffs. Dean coached an All-HCAC selection and the HCAC Newcomer of the Year. Previously, Dean was the cornerbacks coach at Hiram College in 2023. 

The Euclid native also coached track at Villa Angela-Saint Joseph and interned at Speed & Strength Systems. The VASJ grad earned three football letters as a wideout at Ohio Northern, also competing in track & field. Dean earned All-American honors in 2020 in the indoor 200m, and 11 All-OAC honors. He earned his degree in Exercise Physiology from ONU.

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