Offensive Line Coach: Appalachian State University
Title-winning App State alum Nic Cardwell returned to the program as an offensive assistant for head coach Shawn Clark in January 2020.
Cardwell played for the Mountaineers from 2004-07 and worked seven years in various roles with App State's football program, including the 2018 season as the tight ends coach, before following head coach Scott Satterfield to Louisville.
In 2019, with Cardwell serving as a quality control coach at Louisville, the Cardinals completed an 8-5 season with a victory against Mississippi State in the Music City Bowl. The previous year, while working with Clark on App State's offensive staff, he helped the Mountaineers win the inaugural Sun Belt Championship Game and beat Middle Tennessee in the New Orleans Bowl to cap an 11-2 season.
During the 2018 season, when App State averaged 37.3 points per game, Cardwell's tight ends combined for five touchdown catches and contributed to the Mountaineers rushing for 240.4 yards per game. Collin Reed earned All-Sun Belt honors, and Henry Pearson was ranked by PFF College as the nation's fifth-best true freshman tight end.
