Southern Arkansas University Athletics

Trent Figg enters into his first season as the defensive coordinator at Southern Arkansas University after having spent the last two seasons in the same role for his alma mater, William Jewell College of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
In addition to his work as the DC at William Jewell, Figg served as the DC for the USA Team at the 2016 World University Championship held in Monterrey, Mexico.
 
Prior to his two-year stint at William Jewell, Figg served as the Defensive Backs Coach, Special Teams Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator for Southern Arkansas in 2014. That season, Figg engineered a secondary that allowed the lowest opponent completion percentage (49.5%) and the second-lowest third-down conversion percentage (33.8%) in the Great American Conference.
 
Before his first stop at SAU, Figg spent the 2013 season as a Defensive Assistant at Arizona State, which won the PAC-12 South Division Championship, while the Sun Devil defense ranked first overall in the PAC-12.
 
Figg graduated from William Jewell in 2008, where he played defensive back for the Cardinals and was named a 2007 Academic All-American. After graduation, Figg spent five years on the Cardinal Football staff. Figg earned his Master’s Degree in Education Leadership from Northwest Missouri State University.
 
Figg is originally from Chillicothe, Mo., and is married to the former Tori Hallett. Trent and Tori have two sons, Titus and Thomas.