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Former Vanderbilt assistant hired to coaching staff at Power 5 program
By Ethan Stone
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Frank Maile’s time at Vanderbilt was short. He coached the defensive line in Nashville for one season, 2014-2015, and headed back west towards more familiar territory.
Maile, a native of Kearns, Utah, went back to his alma mater, Utah State following his departure from Vanderbilt. He spent a few years there in various roles before taking an associate head coaching job at Boise State.
On Saturday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Maile has taken a job as defensive ends coach at Washington State.
Sources: Washington State finalizing a deal to make former Boise DL coach Frank Maile the school’s new defensive ends coach. He’s a former assistant and interim head coach (2018/2020) at Utah State and has coached the defensive line at Vanderbilt.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 24, 2022
Maile was part of Derek Mason’s inaugural season for the Commodores. Vanderbilt especially struggled that season, losing all 8 conference games and finishing the year with a 3-9 record.
Vanderbilt is still without a winning record since then, though it finished 2016 and 2018 with a 6-6 regular season record followed by a bowl loss.
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
