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PERSONAL

Birthdate: May 29, 1988
Hometown: New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Education: Stony Brook, 2010

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

2006-10: Stony Brook

COACHING ExPERIENCE

2011-14: Stony Brook (Safeties)
2014-15: Wake Forest (Graduate Assistant)
2016: Texas State (Linebackers)
2017: Notre Dame (Defensive Analyst)
2018: Texas A&M (Defensive Analyst)
2019: Wake Forest (Linebackers)
2020-: Texas A&M (Linebackers)
2022-: Texas A&M (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)

POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE

2017: Citrus (Notre Dame)
2018: Gator (Texas A&M)
2019: Pinstripe (Wake Forest)
2020: Orange (Texas A&M)

Tyler Santucci returned to Aggieland in January of 2020 to oversee the Texas A&M linebackers and was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the Aggies in January of 2022.

In 2020, Santucci helped the Aggies lead the SEC and rank among the top 10 in the nation in total defense, also boasting a top-three ranking in the country in rushing defense. His guidance helped A&M post a program-best 8-1 regular season record against all SEC opponents and boast a top-five ranking through the end of the season.

Prior to spending one year as the linebackers coach at Wake Forest, Santucci spent the 2018 season as a defensive analyst at Texas A&M as he joined head coach Jimbo Fisher and former defensive coordinator Mike Elko for their first season in Aggieland. Santucci helped lead the Aggies to a 9-3 record and a Gator Bowl victory, while seeing the Aggie defense rank in the top 50 nationally for the first time in more than a decade.

At Wake Forest in 2019, Santucci helped guide the Demon Deacons to an appearance in the 2019 New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Santucci’s leadership led linebacker Justin Strnad to All-ACC honors after pacing the team in tackles per game in his final season in Winston-Salem.

Santucci worked closely with Coach Elko in 2017, serving as a defensive analyst for a top-15 Notre Dame team that went 10-3 and earned a Citrus Bowl victory over LSU to close out the season.

Before his stints at Notre Dame and Texas A&M, Santucci was the linebackers coach at Texas State and coached at his alma mater, Stony Brook, for four seasons.

Under Santucci’s guidance, the Stony Brook defensive line helped the Seawolves rank in the top third of the conference in rushing defense, allowing only 130 yards per game on the ground. Santucci also assisted with the defensive play-calling.

In his first two seasons at Stony Brook, Santucci worked as a graduate assistant with the defensive line. His leadership helped Ryan Haber and Roosevelt Kirk earn All-Big South honors.

As a player for the Seawolves, Santucci earned second team All-America honors by the Associated Press after a senior season in which he led the defense with 93 tackles. The 2009 Big South Defensive Player of the Year, Santucci finished his career with 284 tackles, fourth all-time in school history. His 145 solo tackles are tied for the most in SBU history.

In December 2013, Santucci was one of four linebackers named to the Big South’s All-Decade Team. He earned a sociology degree from Stony Brook in the spring of 2010.