Football
- Title:
- Outside Linebackers Coach
Andrew Neupert is entering his first season with SFA after he was named the outside linebackers coach on April 2, 2025.
Neupert comes to SFA from fellow Southland opponent Nicholls State University, where he served for two seasons as both a Tight Ends coach and Co-Special Teams Coordinator for the 2023-2024 seasons.
In 2013, Neupert began his coaching career with Archbishop Rummel's Junior High football team, where he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. That team pitched four consecutive shutouts to opposing offenses. Also in 2013, Neupert spent the spring and summer working as a football operations intern with the New Orleans VooDoo.
Neupert coached the offensive line at his alma mater, Archbishop Rummel High School in Louisiana, in 2015. He helped lead the Raiders to a phenomenal 11-2 season where they were New Orleans Catholic League champions,
Neupert joined the Majors after spending one season at Nicholls. While at Nicholls, he aided the defensive staff with film breakdown and assisted with coaching the defensive backfield unit that led the Southland Conference in interceptions.
In 2019, Neupert served as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Louisiana Monroe. During his lone season at ULM, Neupert helped direct the Warhawks to 20 sacks, which tied for fourth in the Sun Belt. Before his tenure at ULM, Neupert spent two seasons at Millsaps College, where he served as the inside linebackers coach for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Neupert coached the 2020 season at Tulane University as a defensive graduate assistant. He helped the Green Wave defense gain national rankings for the third-most sacks and tackles for loss in the regular season. Neupert also coached NFL draftee Cam Sample (DE/4th Round) during his senior season. In 2020, Sample earned first-team All-AAC Conference honors and a PFF All-American Honorable Mention.
Neupert worked with the LSU defensive line as a graduate assistant, where he coached 2022 NFL draftees Neil Farrell Jr (DT/4th Round) and Andre Anthony (DE/7th Round), along with 2023 NFL draftees BJ Ojulari (DE/2nd Round) and Jaquelin Roy (DT/5th Round). The Tigers' defense finished the year tied for 24th in the nation with 38 total sacks and tied for 12th in the nation with 98 total tackles for loss to lead them to bowl eligibility.
Neupert spent the 2022 season at Georgia Southern University, where he served as a graduate assistant coaching outside linebackers for the Eagles football program. That year, the Eagles' outside linebacker core tallied double-digit sacks and tackles for loss. Neupert also helped develop Justin Ellis into a Sun Belt All-Conference Honor nominee.
Coaching Experience
2025-Present: SFA | Outside Linebackers
2023-24: Nicholls | Tight Ends and Co-Special Teams
2022: LSU | Defensive Graduate Assistant
2020-21: Tulane | Defensive Graduate Assistant
2019: ULM | Defensive Graduate Assistant
2017-18: Millsaps College | Inside Linebackers
2015: Archbishop Rummel High School | Offensive Line
2013: Archbishop Rummel's Junior High | Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
High School: Archbishop Rummel High School
Colleges: University of New Orleans (2016); Tulane University (2021)
