Bobby April III

Robert April III is an American football coach who is the outside linebackers coach for Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).

Coaching career College career April III began his coaching career in 2004 as a student assistant for the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. He then became a graduate assistant for the Tulane Green Wave from 2005 to 2006. In 2010, he was special teams coordinator and safeties coach for the Nicholls State Colonels.

In 2018, April III returned to college football as outside linebackers coach / co-defensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers.

Professional career April III was defensive quality control coach for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, April III moved to the New York Jets as defensive quality control coach and assistant linebacker coach. In 2015, April III moved with Rex Ryan from the Jets to the Buffalo Bills and continued to serve as linebackers coach through 2016.

On February 1, 2026, April III returned to the Buffalo Bills as the team's new outside linebackers coach, under head coach Joe Brady. April III had accepted a position to be the defensive ends coach with Minnesota in the college ranks only a month earlier.

Personal life April earned his bachelor's degree in sports management from Louisiana-Lafayette. He is the son of Bobby April Jr., a former NFL and college special teams coordinator.