Brandon Blackmon joined the Western Illinois staff as the defensive backs coach in the spring of 2019 after two seasons as a graduate assistant at Arizona State. He served as a tight ends coach during his first year in Tempe before sliding over to the other side as a defensive graduate assistant during his final year with the Sun Devils.
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Blackmon's specialty is defense, having played defensive back in college for Purdue and Tennessee State. He landed his first college coaching job at Augustana College during the 2010 season, and had a two-year stint as a high school assistant coach, before stepping up to the professional level as the defensive coordinator for the Texas Revolution of Champions Indoor Football from 2013-14.
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Before arriving at Arizona State, Blackmon spent three seasons as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Orange Coast College. He earned his bachelor's degree in Africana studies from Tennessee State University.
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