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Chad Wilt

American football coach (born 1978)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ125157674
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Chad Wilt (born May 6, 1978) is an American football coach who was most recently the co-special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach for the Michigan State Spartans.

Coaching career

Wilt got his first career coaching job in 2001 as the defensive line coach and special teams coordinator at Central Connecticut State. In 2004, Wilt joined the Virginia Cavaliers as a graduate assistant. In 2006, Wilt was hired by the Liberty Flames to serve as the team's special teams coordinator and defensive line coach. In 2009, Wilt again joined Virginia, this time to serve as the defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. In 2010, the Richmond Spiders hired Wilt to be the team's defensive line coach. In 2011, Ball State hired Wilt to coach the team's defensive line. In 2014, Wilt was hired as the defensive line coach for the Maryland Terrapins. In 2016, Wilt became the defensive line coach for the Army Black Knights. For the 2019 season, Wilt joined the Cincinnati Bearcats to coach the team's defensive line.

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