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Campbell rounded out its football staff with the addition of a pair of assistant coaches, Larry Dace III and Koy McFarland. Both assistant coaches joined head coach Braxton Harris’ staff this spring.
A native of Nacogdoches, Texas, McFarland joined the Camels from Tulsa as linebackers coach after nearly a decade of experience coaching at the FBS level, including six bowl games.
Dace, meanwhile, will coach the CU running backs after working as assistant special teams coordinator, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Bluffton, as well as stops at Cincinnati and Louisville.
McFarland comes to Campbell from Tulsa, were he also coached linebackers for the Golden Hurricane for two seasons under head coach Kevin Wilson.
Under McFarland, two Tulsa linebackers ranked in the top-10 of the American Athletic Conference in tackles for loss in 2024, while also assisting in all four special teams units. McFarland also helped bring in the AAC’s second-ranked recruiting class in 2024, including the top linebacker commit in school history.
Earning 247Sports 30 Under 30 for college football’s rising coaching stars in 2023, Tulsa’s linebacker corps saw four players rank among the team’s top eight in tackles, combining for 181 stops, to go along with 16 TFL on the season.
Prior to joining the Golden Hurricane, McFarland spent one season on the defensive coaching staff at Ohio State. He was named to the Buckeyes staff in January of 2022 as a graduate assistant coach, working with the linebackers and helping the Buckeyes reach the CFP semifinals.
Before Ohio State, McFarland spent three seasons (2019-21) as an assistant linebackers coach at Oklahoma State. When Cowboys’ defensive…
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