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Coach Tommy Langford joined the Beaver football program in the spring of 2025 as an assistant coach. He joins the Beavers after serving as the Defensive Coordinator for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
 
Prior to his second stint at IMG Academy, Coach Langford worked under coach Will Healy for the University of Charlotte 49ers as their nickles coach from 2019 until 2023. While there the 49ers had their single best season in school history and were top 25 in red-zone defense and Bahamas Bowl participants in 2019.
    
Langford was hired at Christ School as an assistant in 2017 before taking over as head coach for the 2018 season. The Greenies went 10-2, this past season and finished as state runners-up following a 43-14 loss to Charlotte Christian in the title game. In 2017, he was the team’s special teams coordinator, strength and speed coordinator, and linebackers and quarterbacks coach. He was head coach of the North Carolina All-Stars at the 2018 Border Bowl.
   
Prior to his time at Christ School, Langford was at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., for four years. While there, he held roles as interim defensive coordinator, linebackers coach, defensive backs coach, and special teams assistant. He also was the lead linebackers coach for Under Armour’s All-American Underclassmen Combine in 2014 and personally coordinated the NFL Combine and Pro Day workouts for current Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen. In 2015 and 2016, he worked with linebackers at the Nike Regional Combines in Orlando, Fla. He did pro day and combine classroom, field and interview prep for the likes of Ryan Shazier, CJ Mosley and Trent Murphy. He also coached high school Butkus Award Winner Dylan Moses in his senior year.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn., in 2015. He was a student assistant football coach there in 2010 and a volunteer strength and conditioning coach in 2012.