Bio entering the 2022 season
At San Diego State
- Kevin Wolthausen begins his third year at San Diego State where he will continue to work as a defensive analyst on head coach Brady Hoke’s staff.
Previous Experience
- Wolthausen brings a wealth of experience to The Mesa, coaching over 35 seasons at the Division I level, highlighted by 19 bowl game appearances.
- Prior to his arrival in “America’s Finest City”, Wolthausen spent three years at Purdue, serving the last two seasons as defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. He began his second stint with the Boilermakers as a quality control coach in 2017.
- Wolthausen coached three All-Big Ten performers during the 2019 campaign, including defensive end George Karlaftis, who garnered first-team Freshman All-America accolades from the Associated Press to go with second-team all-conference honors, while defensive tackle Derrick Barnes and placekicker J.D. Dellinger received honorable mention from the league.
- Wolthausen, who previously was the defensive line coach at Purdue in 2012, returned to the Boilermakers after spending three years at Connecticut from 2014-16. He served as the Huskies’ special teams coordinator and linebackers coach in 2016 following two years as defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator. With Wolthausan on staff, UConn played in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl.
- Before moving to the Nutmeg State, Wolthausen worked for one season as special teams coordinator at Florida International.
- In his first stint at Purdue in 2012, Wolthausen helped guide the Boilermakers to an appearance in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Individually, defensive tackle Kawann Short thrived under his tutelage amassing 15.5 tackles for loss, including seven sacks, en route to earning second-team All-America honors. Short was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
- Wolthausen first joined the Purdue staff after coaching the defensive line with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. The Locomotives won UFL championships in 2009 and 2010 and lost in the title game in 2011.
- Prior to spending the 2007 season with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Wolthausen coached four years at Louisville from 2003-06. Starting with the Cardinals as the linebacker coach, he moved to defensive line and became co-defensive coordinator in 2006.
- During Wolthausen’s tenure at Louisville, the Cardinals played in four bowl games and won a pair of conference championships in 2004 (C-USA) and 2006 (Big East).
- Under Wolthausen’s guidance, defensive end Elvis Dumervill earned consensus All-America honors in 2005, collecting Big East Defensive Player of the Year plaudits that season while taking home both the Bronko Nagurski and Ted Hendricks Awards.
- Before relocating to the Bluegrass State, Wolthausen coached the Arena Football League with the Arizona Rattlers in 2002, working with the fullbacks and linebackers.
- Wolthausen launched his coaching career in 1980 as student assistant at Cal State Northridge before returning to his alma mater, Humboldt State, as a part-time defensive assistant for two seasons from 1981-82.
- Wolthausen was hired as a graduate assistant at Arizona for the 1983 and 1984 seasons before becoming full-time with the Wildcats as outside linebackers coach in 1985 and defensive line coach in 1986.
- In 1987, Wolthausen followed head coach Larry Smith from Arizona to USC, where he helped guide the Trojans to three Rose Bowl appearances in six seasons (1987-92).
- After two seasons as defensive line coach at Oklahoma in 1993 and 1994, Wolthausen served in the same capacity at Arizona State from 1995-2000. The 1996 Sun Devils came up just shy of winning at least a share of the school’s first national title after falling to Ohio State 20-17 in the final seconds of the 1997 Rose Bowl. ASU finished the year ranked fourth nationally with an 11-1 record.
Collegiate Playing Experience
- Played linebacker at Humboldt State, earning all-conference honors in 1979.
Education
- Earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Humboldt State in 1981.
Personal
- Wolthausen and his wife, Michel, are parents of two grown children, daughter, Quinn, and son, Noah.