Colin Hitschler (born March 13, 1986) is an American football coach who is currently the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Coaching career
Hitschler started his coaching career in 2009 as a training camp assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles. Then in 2010, he was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs as a player personal assistant.[1] In 2011, Hitschler was hired to be the co-special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Salve Regina. A year later in 2012, he joined Widener as the team's special team coordinator and defensive back coach.[2] In 2013, Hitschler was hired by Arkansas State as a graduate assistant.[3] In 2014, Hitschler was hired by the South Alabama Jaguars as a graduate assistant.[4] In 2015, Hitschler was promoted by South Alabama as the director of football operations. Two years later in 2017, the Jaguars promoted Hitschler to be the safeties coach.[5] In 2018, Hitschler was hired by Cincinnati as a defensive quality control coach.[6] In 2019, Hitschler was promoted to be a senior defensive analyst.[7] In 2020, Hitschler was promoted to coach the Bearcats safeties.[8] In 2022, Hitschler was promoted to be Cincinnati's co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.[9] In 2023, Hitschler joined the Wisconsin Badgers as the team's co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.[10] In 2024, Hitschler was hired by the Alabama Crimson Tide to be the team's co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.[11][12]