Tracy Lee Claeys was born on December 25,1968 and is a former American football coach.
16 Facts About Tracy Claeys
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Tracy Claeys was the defensive coordinator at Washington State University from 2018 to 2019 and the linebackers coach at Virginia Tech in 2020.
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Tracy Claeys was born and raised in Clay Center, Kansas, where he began playing football in junior high school at Clay Center Community High School.
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Tracy Claeys got his start in coaching at the University of Kansas and served as a student trainer, and later as an unpaid assistant coach for head coach Glen Mason.
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In 1995, Tracy Claeys was hired as the defensive line coach at Saginaw Valley State under head coach Jerry Kill.
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When Kill took the head coaching job at Emporia State in 1999, Tracy Claeys followed and was promoted to defensive coordinator.
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Tracy Claeys continued to serve as defensive coordinator at Kill's future head coaching stops at Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois, and Minnesota.
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Tracy Claeys' defense topped the MAC and ranked 30th in the country in total defense the following year, and were among the top 30 FBS teams in scoring defense that season.
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In 2010, Tracy Claeys led a Northern Illinois defensive unit that was ranked No 14 in the nation and No 1 in the MAC in scoring defense, allowing an average of just 19 points per game.
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Tracy Claeys joined the Minnesota staff on December 10,2010, when Kill hired him as defensive coordinator.
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Tracy Claeys was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award in 2013 and 2014 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2014 season.
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Tracy Claeys transformed the Gopher defense into one of the best in the Big Ten.
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Tracy Claeys filled in for Kill when Kill missed parts of three games in his first three years at Minnesota, and for the entire game when Kill had a seizure before a game at Michigan in 2013.
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Tracy Claeys was hired by Mike Leach on January 8,2018, to be the defensive coordinator at Washington State after Alex Grinch accepted a position at Ohio State.
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Tracy Claeys resigned on October 4,2019; at the time, Washington State's defense was ranked 107th in the nation and was allowing over 30 points per game.
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Tracy Claeys joined the Virginia Tech staff as linebackers coach before the 2020 season.