ARKANSAS STATE DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF

Rob Harley

POSITION Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator

AGE 38

YEARS EXPERIENCE 11 HOMETOWN Elmhurst, Ill.

ALMA MATER Ohio State (2001-05) Previous Stops: Ohio Dominican (201011), Michigan State (2012-13), Florida International (2014), Pitt (2015-2020) NOTEWORTHY Harley comes to the Red Wolves from Pitt, where he served as linebackers coach for six seasons and also as the Panthers’ recruiting coordinator for the past four seasons. … In 2013, he was a member of the Michigan State coaching staff that led the Spartans to a Big TEN conference title and a Rose Bowl victory over Stanford. … Harley played safety at Ohio State from 2001-05 and was part of the Buckeyes’ 2002 national championship team.

Brandon Joiner

POSITION Defensive line

AGE 31 YEARS EXPERIENCE 5

HOMETOWN Killeen, Texas ALMA MATER Arkansas State (2010-11) PREVIOUS STOPS Arkansas State (graduate assistant and quality control, 201618), Arkansas State (defensive line, 2019-present)

NOTEWORTHY Joiner was promoted to coach the Red Wolves’ defensive line in 2019 after three seasons as a defensive assistant under former coach Blake Anderson. … He was a two-year letterman at ASU in 2010-11. In 2011, Joiner was part of the Red Wolves’ Sun Belt Conference championship team and was named conference defensive player of the year. … Spent three seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals from 2012-14.

Jon Shalala

POSITION Linebackers

AGE 29

YEARS EXPERIENCE 6

HOMETOWN Sugar Land, Texas

ALMA MATER Grand View (Iowa) University (2011-14)

PREVIOUS STOPS Arizona Western College (2015), Tennessee (2016-19), Mississippi State (2020) NOTEWORTHY Shalala spent the 2020 season as a defensive quality control coach at Mississippi State. … He was hired by Butch Jones as a graduate assistant at Tennessee in 2016. … Shalala was a member of the Grand View University team that won the NAIA national championship in 2013.

Dalton Hilliard

POSITION Secondary

AGE 30

YEARS EXPERIENCE 7

HOMETOWN Chicago

ALMA MATER UCLA (2009-12) PREVIOUS STOPS Punahou (Hawaii) High School (2014), UCLA (2015-18),

Tennessee-Martin (2019-20) NOTEWORTHY Hilliard comes to ASU after two seasons at Tennessee-Martin, where he coached cornerbacks and served as defensive pass game coordinator. … He made 27 starts as a safety for UCLA from 2009-12 before signing with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2013. Hilliard later played professionally in Italy. … He played and later coached at Hawaii’s Punahou High School and holds recruiting ties in the region.

Steve Hauser

POSITION Special teams coordinator AGE 31

YEARS EXPERIENCE 10

HOMETOWN Harrisville, R.I.

ALMA MATER Wesleyan (Conn.) University (2007-2011)

PREVIOUS STOPS Mount Ida (Mass.) College (2011), Yale (2012), Oklahoma State (2012-13, 2016-17), Cleveland Browns (2014-15), Iowa State (2018-20) NOTEWORTHY Hauser spent the past three seasons as a special teams analyst at Iowa State and helped lead the Cyclones to a Fiesta Bowl victory over Oregon on Jan. 2. … He has worked under Power Five head coaches Matt Campbell (Iowa State) and Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), and spent two years in the personnel department of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. … Hauser was a three year starter at Wesleyan (Conn.) University.