Andrew Thacker

Andrew Thacker (born May 31, 1985) is an American football coach. He is currently the nickels coach at the University of Georgia.^[1] After a standout high school career at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia and Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, Thacker attended and played college football at Furman University (2004–2007), where he was a three-year starter at safety. Thacker was the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year in 2004 and went 35–15 during his time as a Paladin.^[2]

Andrew Thacker

Thacker in 2019
Current position
Title	Nickels coach
Team	Georgia
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1985-05-31) May 31, 1985 (age 40) Cartersville, Georgia
Playing career
2004–2007	Furman
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2009	UCF (GA)
2010–2012	Oklahoma State (GA)
2013	Southern Miss (S)
2014	Atlanta Falcons (assistant)
2015	UCF (S)
2016	Kennesaw State (LB)
2017	Temple (LB)
2018	Temple (DC)
2019–2023	Georgia Tech (DC)
2023	Georgia Tech (S)
2024	Georgia (defensive analyst)
2025–present	Georgia (nickels coach)

Coaching career

After graduating from Furman, Thacker coached at UCF, Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, Kennesaw State and back at UCF before becoming Temple's linebacker coach underneath Geoff Collins in 2017. After a year as linebackers coach, Thacker was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2018.^[3] In 2019, he went with Geoff Collins to Georgia Tech as defensive coordinator until he was demoted to safeties coach in 2023.^[4] On December 7, 2023, Thacker and another coach were relieved of their coaching duties.^[5]

On August 30, 2024, it was announced that he had joined the staff as an analyst at Georgia.^[6][7]