CAPSULES of Red Wolves’ offensive staff.
Keith Heckendorf
POSITION Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
AGE 39
YEARS EXPERIENCE 17
HOMETOWN Mosinee, Wis.
ALMA MATER St. Cloud State (2000-03)
PREVIOUS STOPS Mosinee (Wis.) High School (2004), Nebraska (2004-07), Western Carolina (2008-10), North Carolina (2011-13, 2014-18), Arkansas State (2014, 2019-present)
NOTEWORTHY Heckendorf returns to the Red Wolves for a third season as offensive coordinator after two years with former head coach Blake Anderson. Last fall, ASU’s Heckendorf-led offense finished third in the nation in touchdowns passes (39), fourth in passing yards (4,008) and 11th in total yardage (5,387). … He was named interim coach after Anderson’s departure in December and was later retained Coach Butch Jones in January.
Matt Limegrover
POSITION Offensive line/run game coordinator
AGE 52
YEARS EXPERIENCE 30
HOMETOWN Pittsburgh
ALMA MATER University of Chicago (1987-90)
PREVIOUS STOPS Chicago (1991-94), Northwestern (1995-96), Ferris State (1997-98), Emporia State (1999-2000), Southern Illinois (2001-07), Northern Illinois (2008-10), Minnesota (2011-15), Penn State (2016-19), Michigan (2020)
NOTEWORTHY Limegrover last served as an offensive line coach during four seasons at Penn State from 2016-19, when the Nittany Lions made four consecutive bowl game appearances and earned wins at the 2017 Fiesta Bowl and 2019 Cotton Bowl. … He was a member of the Northwestern coaching staff that earned back-to-back Big Ten titles in 1995-96. … Limegrover overlapped with ASU Coach Butch Jones at Ferris State in 1997.
Derrick Lett
POSITION Wide receivers
AGE 37 YEARS
EXPERIENCE 11
HOMETOWN Pensacola, Fla.
ALMA MATER Bowling Green State (2001-05)
PREVIOUS STOPS Bowling Green (Ohio) High School, Ohio (2009-13), Tennessee (2013-14), Yale (2015-20)
NOTEWORTHY Lett spent the past six years as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Yale, where the Bulldogs earned Ivy League Championships in 2017 and 2019. … He was a four-year letter winner at Bowling Green State and won a pair of bowl games with the Falcons from 2001-05. … Lett was a member of Jones’ inaugural staff at Tennessee in 2013.
Ryan Aplin
POSITION Running backs
AGE 30
YEARS EXPERIENCE 7
HOMETOWN Tampa, Fla.
ALMA MATER Arkansas State (2008-12)
PREVIOUS STOPS Ole Miss (2013), Auburn (2014-15), North Alabama (2016, 2018-19), Tennessee-Chattanooga (2017), Western Kentucky (2020)
NOTEWORTHY The former ASU quarterback led the Red Wolves to consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles in 2011 and 2012 and remains the program’s all-time leader in career total offense (12,514 yards), completions (906) and passing yards (10,758) . ... Spent the 2020 season as co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Western Kentucky and helped guide the Hilltoppers to an appearance in the 2020 LendingTree Bowl…He was twice named Sun Belt Conference Player of Year (2011-2012) and graduated as the conference’s alltime leader in total offense, passing yards and completions.
Andy Kwon
POSITION Tight ends
AGE 26
YEARS EXPERIENCE 4 Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
ALMA MATER Georgia Southern (201317)
PREVIOUS STOPS Akron (2017), Alabama (2018-20)
NOTEWORTHY Kwon worked as an assistant at Alabama alongside Jones from 2018-20 and was a member of the staff that led the Crimson Tide to a national championship in 2020. … He started 25 games at center for Georgia Southern. He earned all-Sun Belt honors in his junior and senior seasons. … Kwon was born in Seoul, South Korea, before starring at Gwinnett High School in Georgia.