Josh Aldridge

Josh Aldridge (born October 13, 1989) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator for South Florida. He played college football at Harding and has previously been a coach at Lindenwood, Ouachita Baptist, West Georgia, Lenoir–Rhyne,Liberty, and Auburn. Aldridge served as the interim head football coach at Liberty for the 2022 Boca Raton Bowl.

Early life and education Aldridge was born on October 13, 1989, in Jackson, Tennessee. He attended Jackson Christian School where he was a starter in football for three years. He was recruited by several NCAA Division I football schools, including Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, and Abilene Christian,

Aldridge started all 11 games in his senior year, 2011, and recorded 45 tackles, a conference-leading 7.5 sacks, a team-leading 12.5 , and two forced fumbles. and was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy before graduating. Coaching career Aldridge began his coaching career in 2013, as a graduate assistant at Lindenwood and the defensive line coach at Ouachita Baptist. He spent four seasons (2014 to 2017) serving in that position, as well as serving as their recruiting coordinator. In 2021, he was a nominee for the Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in the nation. He received a promotion to co-defensive coordinator as well as a shift to linebackers coach in early 2022. After Freeze was signed away by Auburn with one game remaining in 2022, the Boca Raton Bowl, Aldridge was named Liberty's interim head coach. They lost to Toledo, 19–21, after which Aldridge left Liberty and joined Freeze at Auburn as linebackers coach.

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