Who The Fuck Is Andrew Thacker?

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Recently this video went viral of the Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach, Andrew Thacker, doing burpee things with his players followed by alley oop line and him finishing with a 360 air cram on his "player" turned basketball net. For some reason he reminds me of PC Principal from South Park. The players were amped the fuck up though, and it got me wondering if he was some nutso strength and conditioning coach. I was wrong. He’s a young, handsome, DEFENSIVE MINDED coach here to balance out the force. 

I don’t understand how people get into coaching, like the fraternity of it. Who lets you in? Andrew Thacker was a three year starter for Furman University and the following year he’s a grad assistant at UCF at age 22? How the hell does that happen? The only thing I could find was that his step father was a prominent high school coach in Georgia. Maybe that was his in. Traded a recruit for his son on the coaching squad?

Thacker is a serious up and comer. So far at age 33, he has coached under Mike Gundy, Mike Smith (as assistant to the Atlanta Falcons), and Manny Diaz for like two weeks. Reports came out a couple weeks ago that Thacker TURNED DOWN the Oregon DC job. Now I thought maybe it was because he wanted to build up his resume with a better defense, ranked 52nd in Opp Yds to Oregon's 67th. But that doesn't really make sense. I think Thacker took Georgia Tech to see if he could put up a defense that can run with the big boys. He'll have his work cut out for him this year with GT playing Clemson, Miami, and Georgia. The Miami game should be fun being that Manny Diaz was his boss for a day before they both left the university in the same week. Tough to be Temple.

Keep your eye on this dude. Thacker's making moves and he's making them fast.