Austin Flyger was announced as the Wolves defensive coordinator in December 2018. He returns to the Northern State sidelines after seven seasons at Southern Illinois.
Flyger began his coaching career as the defensive line coach at the University of North Dakota from 2007-08 and at Southern Illinois from 2008-09. In 2010, Flyger joined the Northern State staff in his first stint with the Wolves, spending two seasons as the defensive line coach. He worked closely with NSIC first team selection Lincoln Smith during the 2011 season. Flyger then returned to SIU in 2012 after two seasons with the Wolves.
In his seven seasons at SIU, Flyger worked with AFCA All-American Ken Boatright, who went on to play in the National Football League with the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks, Deondre Barnett, who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017, and Anthony Knighton, who was the runner-up for the MVFC Freshman of the Year.
He is a 2005 graduate of Augustana with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Austin and his wife, Kirsten have one daughter, Norah.
