Shorter University Athletics

Justin Jefferson makes his debut on the Hawks’ coaching staff where he will serve as the defensive line coach, the same assignment he coached since 2011 at his alma mater, Brevard College.
 

A native of Greensboro, N.C., where he was a standout at Ben L. Smith High School, Jefferson attended Brevard where he was a three-year letter for the Division II Tornadoes as a defensive lineman and closed out his career by being selected to the All-South Atlantic Conference team and was named to the Don Hansen’s Super Region II team.
 

After graduating from Brevard in 2009, worked with the Columbus Lions of the Southern Indoor Football League as a coaching assistant and the offensive line coach, and also served as the Pro CFL and AFL scout, then became the defensive line coach at Varitas Sports Academy in Greensboro prior to joining the staff at Brevard, where he coached two All-SAC players.