Trevor Andrews joined the Western Michigan coaching staff on January 14, 2019, as an assistant coach, mentoring the squad’s linebackers.
Andrews mentored LB Treshaun Hayward to All-MAC honors for a second consecutive season. Hayward finished 2020 ranked seventh in the MAC in both total tackles (58) and solo tackles (30). During his first year in Kalamazoo, Andrews helped Hayward to All-America accolades from Sporting News. Hayward finished the season booking a team-high 142 tackles, good for the third most nationally. His 10.92 tackles per game were the sixth most in the country.
Hayward, a native of Ypsilanti, Mich., was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the the eighth MAC Defensive Player of the Year, joining John Offerdahl (1985), Mark Garalczyk (1986), Sean Mulhearn (1990), Jason Babin (2002 & 2003), Ameer Ismail (2006) and Drew Nowak (2011). Hayward was twice selected as the MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week in 2019 and was named first team all-league for the first time in his career.
Andrews also mentored senior Drake Spears to second team all-league honors and a MAC Defensive Player of the Week nod after returning an interception 74 yards for a touchdown against Miami (Ohio). Spears finished second on the team in tackles with 96.
As a team, Andrews’ linebackers helped WMU improve from allowing 34.5 points per game in 2018 to 25.9 in 2019, the second-best mark in the MAC and the best for the program since yielding 19.8 during the 2016 campaign.
Andrews arrived at Western Michigan from William & Mary, where he spent 18 seasons on staff, including five as the Tribe’s defensive coordinator/linebackers coach and six seasons as the associate head coach.
Andrews established himself as one of the most accomplished defensive line coaches in the FCS ranks at William & Mary. During his decade-long stint leading the defensive line, he also served as the program’s recruiting coordinator.
As the Tribe’s defensive coordinator, Andrews developed outstanding student-athletes and produced the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015 and a first team All-America, one of just three in school history.
All-conference accolades quickly accumulated during Andrews’ stint as coordinator as well. Highlighting W&M’s 15 all-conference defensive selections in the staff’s tenure, five members of his linebacking corps earned all-league distinction.
In addition to the postseason recognition, four of his former players have gone on to sign NFL contracts during his final four years at William & Mary. DeAndre Houston-Carson highlighted the impressive group, as he was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Bears in 2016, while linebacker Luke Rhodes (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2016), Mike Reilly (Cleveland Browns, 2015) and defensive tackle Jasper Coleman (Houston Texans, 2015) all signed as free agents.
During his tenure as the Tribe’s defensive line coach, Andrews mentored a pair of 2010 NFL Draft picks - defensive end Adrian Tracy (New York Giants, sixth round) and tackle Sean Lissemore (Dallas Cowboys, seventh round). Both players garnered multiple All-America honors during their careers and joined former Tribe defensive line standout Adam O’Connor, who earned national distinction under Andrews’ tutelage. Like Tracy and Lissemore, O’Connor signed an NFL contract when he inked a free agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings in the summer of 2007.
Some of the Tribe’s most dominant defensive units came during Andrews’ tenure as an assistant, as W&M ranked second nationally in scoring defense in 2009 and 2013 and sixth in 2010. Additionally, the 2016 squad led the nation in passing yards allowed per game (154.2).
Prior to assuming his responsibilities as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator, Andrews worked as a defensive assistant at William & Mary for three seasons. Andrews assisted with the Tribe cornerbacks in 2003 and helped groom first-team all-league selection Billy Parker, who signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers upon graduation.
Andrews joined W&M after spending the 2000 season as an assistant at Randolph-Macon College, where he worked as the secondary coach and special teams coordinator.
As a three-year letterwinner at defensive back for the University of Dayton, Andrews was a member of three conference championship teams with the Flyers and played on Dayton’s undefeated 1996 squad (11-0).
After earning his B.S. in physical education from Dayton in 1998, Andrews accepted a graduate position at Illinois Wesleyan University and coached the secondary while working toward his graduate degree in athletic administration.
Andrews and his wife, Danielle, have four children, James, Sophia, Aiden and Annabelle.
