Aaron Coeling

Aaron Coeling spent four seasons on the Nebraska staff from 2021 to 2025. He served Nebraska as the assistant offensive line coach after previously worked as an analyst and as a graduate assistant.

 

Coeling's work with the Husker offense set school records for fewest turnovers in a season, team season completion percentage and individual season completion percentage in 2025. The offensive line also played a key role in Emmett Johnson leading the nation in scrimmage yards per game en route to becoming the Big Ten Running Back of the Year and a first-team All-American.

 

In 2024, the line helped a pair of first-year players set freshman records for passing yards, completion percentage and receptions. In 2023, Coeling helped Nebraska rank second in the Big Ten in rushing. In his first season as a Husker in 2022, Coeling worked with an offensive line that nearly paved the way for a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver, which has happened only once in the history of Nebraska football. 

Trey Palmer set a Nebraska single-season receiving record with 1,043 yards in 2022, while Anthony Grant had five 100-yard rushing performances and ran for 915 yards, the highest total by a Husker in four seasons. Behind the play of the line, Nebraska had two games in 2022 with a 300-yard passer, a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver. Entering the season, Nebraska had accomplished that feat only seven times in its first 132 seasons.

Coeling came to Nebraska after spending three seasons at Charleston Southern from 2019 to 2021. He coached the offensive line and was the Buccaneers' assistant head coach in 2020 and 2021. During his time at Charleston Southern he coached five all-conference offensive linemen.

Coeling was a graduate assistant at Notre Dame in 2017 and 2018. The Fighting Irish went 22-4 in his two seasons. In 2018, he helped Notre Dame to a 12-0 regular season and a berth in the College Football Playoffs. In 2017, Notre Dame won the Joe Moore Award as the best offensive line in the country. Notre Dame had 10 NFL draft picks in his two seasons.

Coeling served as a graduate assistant at Miami (Ohio) in 2015 and 2016. The 2016 season was a historic one that saw Miami start the season 0-6 only to turn around and finish 6-6 and earn an invitation to the St. Petersburg Bowl. In 2016, Collin Buchanan was invited to the NFL Combine and later signed a free agent contract with New Orleans.

Coeling earned his bachelor's degree in business marketing and sport management from Wittenberg University in 2014. He was a four-year starter on the offensive line for the Tigers from 2011 to 2014. A three-time all-conference selection and 2013 third-team All-American, Coeling helped Wittenberg to a 37-8 record and four conference championships in his career.

Aaron and his wife Melissa Coeling have been married since July of 2020.