Tyson Helton was born on June 20,1977 and is an American college football coach and former quarterback.
17 Facts About Tyson Helton
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Tyson Helton is the head football coach for Western Kentucky University, a position he has held since 2019.
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Tyson Helton played college football at Houston from 1996 to 1999.
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Tyson Helton previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tennessee, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at USC, offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, and as an assistant at Cincinnati, UAB, Memphis, and Hawaii.
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Tyson's father, Kim Helton, is a former head football coach, and his older brother Clay Helton is the current head coach at Georgia Southern.
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Tyson Helton played college football at Houston, where he played mostly as a backup.
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Tyson Helton gradually worked his way through the ranks at various NCAA Division I schools before being named head coach at Western Kentucky in 2019.
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Tyson Helton played college football at Houston from 1996 to 1999, during his father's tenure as the Cougars' head coach.
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Tyson Helton graduated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1999.
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Tyson Helton began coaching as a graduate assistant at Hawaii under head coach June Jones in 2000, working primarily with special teams.
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Chad Owens, who was among the players Tyson Helton coached on special teams, set school records for all-purpose yardage.
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From 2004 to 2006, Tyson Helton coached tight ends and special teams on the staff of Coach Tommy West at Memphis.
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In 2007, Tyson Helton joined the UAB Blazers staff as quarterbacks coach under head coach Neil Callaway.
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In 2016, Tyson Helton, was hired as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at USC, where his brother, Clay Tyson Helton, was serving as head coach.
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Tyson Helton was named the FootballScoop Quarterbacks Coach of the Year.
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In December 2017, Tyson Helton was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tennessee, joining the staff of newly hired head coach Jeremy Pruitt.
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In November 2018, Tyson Helton was hired as the head football coach at Western Kentucky University.