A season as an interim defensive coordinator turned out to be enough to land the position on a full-time basis.
Darin Edwards, who had arrived at Sacred Heart as the defensive line coach and running game coordinator, has been elevated to Sacred Heart’s full-time defensive coordinator, sources told FootballScoop Friday.
Edwards helped lead the Pioneers to a spring-season and 2021 Northeast Conference championship in his initial role, and Sacred Heart had a three-game winning streak earlier this fall.
A former participant in the NFL’s prestigious Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Fellowship with the New York Giants, Edwards previous held key roles at Columbia and Fordham.
He’s helped coach and develop a trio of All-Americans along his career and tutored more than 30 all-conference selections.
Edwards is a Miles College Hall of Fame inductee.