Football
- Title:
- Defensive Quality Control
Conor Dubin is in his third season as a quality control assistant on the Texas Tech staff, bringing with him a strong familiarity with defensive coordinator Keith Patterson.
Dubin has worked under Patterson each of the past six seasons after serving in various roles at Arizona State from 2015-17, as a defensive graduate assistant at Utah State in 2018 and then in his current role at Tech in 2019. He began his tenure in Tempe as a student assistant for two seasons before being elevated to a defensive quality control coach in 2017.
Utah State transformed into one of the most opportunistic defenses in the country during Dubin’s one season in Logan as the Aggies shared the FBS lead with 32 forced turnovers. The production defensively helped push Utah State to an 11-2 season, matching the most wins in program history.
In addition, Utah State also led the country with 22 interceptions, the majority of which came from the defensive backs group Dubin assisted with. The Aggies were also the nation’s leader in three-and-outs forced (5.7 per game) and ranked third in defensive touchdowns (6), 16th in third down conversion defense (33.0 percent), 19th in passing efficiency defense (113.76), 21st in fourth down conversion defense (41.9 percent) and 33rd in scoring defense (22.2 points per game).
Dubin primarily worked with Arizona State’s linebackers prior to his arrival in Logan as he helped mentor Pac-12 tackles leader Sam Christian in 2017 as well as fellow linebacker DJ Calhoun. Fellow linebacker Antonio Longino shared the FBS lead with 1.7 tackles for a loss per game in 2016, while Fiso Salamo led the Pac-12 in the category (20.0 tackles for a loss) during Dubin’s first season on staff.
Prior to his time in Tempe, Dubin was the inside lienbackers coach and varsity defensive coordinator at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada, California. He also served as an athletics department assistant during that time as well.
A native of Los Angeles, Dubin was a linebacker at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 2010-12 before an injury forced him to medically retire. He graduated from Arizona State in 2016 with a degree in sociology.
He and his wife, Elyse, reside in Lubbock.
