Bradley Dale Peveto was named Texas State’s co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach in February 2024.
Peveto (pronounced PEA-vit-toe) arrived in San Marcos with more than 30 years of coaching experience, including time as a head coach as well as an assistant coach for national champions at both the FBS and FCS levels.
A native of southeast Texas, Peveto has spent more than 14 years coaching in the state of Texas. The former SMU defensive back came to Texas State after three years at UTEP as the defensive coordinator. He also had in-state stops at Texas A&M, Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Trinity Valley Community College.
Peveto has been a part of teams that have reached 11 bowl games, including the 2007 BCS National Championship with LSU as the national champion's linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. His teams have also made four appearances in the FCS Playoffs and helped lead Stephen F. Austin to a national championship in 1989.
A four-year letterwinner as a defensive back at SMU, Peveto served as team captain as a senior in 1986. He was also named the Wild Mustang Special Teams Player of the Year and was the recipient of the Mike Kelsey Award during his playing days. After graduating from SMU in 1987, he added a master’s degree from Stephen F. Austin in 1989.
Peveto comes from a family with a rich football coaching tradition. His late father, Ed, coached high school football in the southeast Texas area and was inducted into the Greater Houston Coaches Hall of Honor in 1993 and into the Golden Triangle Coaches Hall of Fame in 1997. Two of his brothers, Jeff and Garey Birt, coached at high schools in the southeast Texas area.
Peveto and his wife Melissa have two children, Payton and Jake.
Bradley Dale Peveto Coaching Timeline
1987: Trinity Valley CC (Defensive backs)
1988-91: Stephen F. Austin (Linebackers, Defensive line, Defensive Backs, Special Teams Coordinator)
1992-93: Southern Miss (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)
1994-95: Arkansas (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)
1996-98: Northwestern State (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)
1999-2002: Houston (Defensive backs & Defensive backs/Co-Defensive Coordinator)
2003-04: Middle Tennessee (Defensive backs & Linebackers/Defensive Coordinator)
2005-08: LSU (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)
2009-12: Northwestern State – Head Coach
2013: Kentucky (Safeties/Special Teams Coordinator)
2014-16: LSU (Linebackers/Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator)
2017: Ole Miss (Linebackers)
2018-19: Texas A&M (Linebackers)
2021-23: UTEP (Defensive Coordinator)
2024: Texas State (Linebackers/Co-Defensive Coordinator)
Bowl Games as a Coach
1995 Carquest Bowl
2005 Peach Bowl
2006 Sugar Bowl
2007 BCS National Championship
2008 Peach Bowl
2014 Music City Bowl
2015 Texas Bowl
2016 Citrus Bowl
2018 Tax Slayer Bowl
2019 Texas Bowl
2021 New Mexico Bowl
FCS Playoff Appearances as a Coach
1988 FCS Playoffs (quarterfinals)
1989 FCS National Champions
1997 FCS Playoffs (First Round)
1998 FCS Playoffs (Semifinals)
