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Jacori Greer is in his third season as the defensive line coach at Texas State in 2022.
Under Greer’s tutelage, Nico Ezidore earned Third-Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors after recording 66 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks.
Greer came to Texas State after serving three years in a similar role at Abilene Christian.
In 2019, Abilene Christian ranked 10th nationally in team sacks with 36. One of Greer’s defensive linemen, Temisan Kuyatsemi, ranked among the top 20 NCAA Division I FCS leaders after averaging 0.77 sacks per game (8.5 sacks in 11 games). The Wildcats averaged 3.09 sacks (34 in 11 games) in 2018 to rank among the top eight FCS teams in the country.
Greer also produced a pair of All-Southland Conference defensive linemen in 2019 and another two Honorable Mention selections in 2018.
Defensive tackle Cole Burgess was named Third-Team All-SLC after he tallied 35 tackles (16 unassisted), 9.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and three quarterback hurries. He also forced and recovered a fumble and broke up one pass. Kameron Hill was named a Third-Team All-SLC defensive end after he tallied 24 tackles, 16 solo stops, 9.0 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, and six quarterback hurries.
Burgess and Dante Hibbert were tabbed Honorable Mention All-SLC in 2018. Burgess recorded 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one force fumble, and one fumble recovery. Hibbert had 38 tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks. They helped ACU rank third in the SLC in total, scoring and rushing defense. They also were second among league leaders in third-down defense and had the league’s best defense on fourth downs.
Greer went to ACU after serving two seasons as a defensive line coach at New Mexico Highlands and a season as a defensive graduate assistant at SMU in 2013.
He joined SMU’s coaching staff after spending six years at New Mexico, where he was a player and a graduate assistant coach. He went to New Mexico as a freshman in 2009, and after sitting out that season as a redshirt, he played four years on the defensive line. He was an All-Mountain West Honorable Mention selection in 2012 before serving as a team captain as a senior.
A native of Dallas, Greer joined the Lobos’ coaching staff as a graduate assistant before following Archie McDaniel to SMU and serving a graduate assistant for the Mustangs in 2015.
Greer earned a bachelor’s degree in intercultural communications at New Mexico in 2013 and a master’s degree in sports administration from New Mexico in 2014.
