Football

Brandon Blackmon comes to Cookeville with Power 5 coaching experience after spending time at New Mexico and Arizona State as an assistant coach, as well as Ohio Valley Conference experience as a student-athlete at Tennessee State.

 

He’ll return for his second season with the Golden Eagles as he was brought along for Bobby Wilder’s first campaign with the Golden Eagles.

 

Blackmon earned his associate’s degree in communications in 2005 from Mount San Antonio College before transferring to Purdue. After his time in West Lafayette, Blackmon transferred to Tennessee State, later earning his bachelor’s degree in 2016.

 

He spent time in Cincinnati as a strength and conditioning coach for Ignition Performance, then assistant coach at the Andre Frazier and Tyjuan Hagler Foundation football camps. After a stint as assistant football coach at Augustana College and McCutcheon High School, Blackmon returned to the camp circuit, working with the Corey Parchman Wide Receiver Youth Football Camp in Indiana as well as the UCLA Elite Camp.

 

He was named the defensive coordinator for both the Texas Revolution Arena Football program and Duarte High School team in 2013, then spent two seasons as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator for Orange Coast College.

 

After earning his degree from TSU, Blackmon spent three years as a graduate assistant at Arizona State. He spent time the first year as a tight ends coach, then served as a defensive assistant. He also spent time recruiting California, Arizona, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New York.

 

Blackmon was named the defensive backs coach at Western Illinois in 2019 and spent a season there working with the Flying Leathernecks’ corners and safeties, while recruiting the Midwest – including St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton and New Orleans.

 

He left Macomb in 2020 with an opportunity to join the coaching staff at New Mexico as he was the Lobos’ wide receivers coach, recruiting coordinator, professional liaison and team chaplin. With his defensive experience, he was able to provide the receivers with a different perspective on the game. In his recruiting experience, Blackmon was also able to scour the transfer portal, while also focus on Los Angeles, New Orleans, the Midwest and Atlanta prospects.