WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Head coach Jeff Brohm announced additions to his coaching staff ahead of the 2022 Purdue Football season Wednesday.
David Elson (linebackers), Garrick McGee (wide receivers), Ryan Wallace (tight ends/assistant offensive line) and Ashton Youboty (cornerbacks) were all named as the Boilermakers' newest assistant coaches.
"We're excited to have this group of coaches join our staff," said Brohm. "All four of them provide a wealth of experience that will help keep our positive momentum going here at Purdue. We are looking forward to getting them in the office and on the field to coach our guys beginning this spring."
Elson and Wallace are no strangers to Purdue Football. Hired last August, Elson, a former head coach at Western Kentucky and a defensive coordinator at several stops, spent the 2021 campaign with Purdue as a defensive quality control coach. Meanwhile, Wallace completed his fifth season on Brohm's staff, serving as an offensive and special teams assistant. The duo helped Purdue to one of the best seasons in program history, as the Boilermakers went 9-4, knocked off two top-five teams and captured the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.
McGee joins the Boilermakers with 26 years of coaching experience, including time as the head coach at UAB and several stints as an offensive coordinator. He most recently coached quarterbacks at Florida in 2021, but has six years under his belt as a wide receivers coach. On the other side of the ball, Youboty was an All-Big Ten cornerback at Ohio State and played five seasons in the NFL before making the transition into coaching. He coached cornerbacks at Youngstown State for the past two seasons after serving as a quality control coach at Wisconsin for three years.
The Boilermakers begin the 2022 season Thursday, Sept. 1, at home against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Kickoff from Ross-Ade Stadium will be set at a later date.
Season tickets for the 2022 Purdue Football season are on sale now. Click here to purchase new season tickets. If you are a current season ticket holder and would like to renew for 2022, click here. The renewal deadline is March 1, and Boilermaker fans who renew before the deadline will gain access to the Purdue For Life Patio and also receive three John Purdue Club priority points.
David Elson
Elson, who served as the head coach at Western Kentucky for seven seasons (2003-09), joined the Boilermaker staff as a quality control coach in August 2021 after spending 2020 as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Marion University in Indianapolis.
Prior to his lone season at Marion, Elson spent three years (2017-19) at Ball State as the Cardinals' defensive coordinator. BSU led the Mid-American Conference in interceptions (15) and turnovers gained (24) during his final season in Muncie. Both stats cracked the top 15 nationally.
Elson has served as the defensive coordinator at a number of stops during his coaching career, including: Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, New Mexico State and WKU. He has experience in the Big Ten Conference, spending one season as defensive quality control at Indiana.
With Elson calling the defense throughout the 2002 season, Western Kentucky captured the Football Championship Subdivision National Championship. Two years later, he was a finalist for the 2004 Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award as the Hilltoppers' head coach.
Brohm on Elson
"Joining our staff before the beginning of last season, David made an immediate impact as a quality control coach. With his experience as a defensive coordinator and the relationship he has built with our players, I know he will do a great job coaching our linebackers."
Garrick McGee
McGee, a former head coach and offensive coordinator, returned to the sidelines to coach the Florida quarterbacks last season after serving as an analyst for the Gators in 2020. Making the move to coach the wideouts at Purdue, McGee's previous stops include six years as a wide receivers coach, most recently in 2019 as Missouri's wide receivers coach. The longtime offensive coach has developed wide receivers and engineered some of the top offenses in the country.
McGee came to Mizzou with a wealth of experience at all levels of the game, as he previously had stops as a head coach, as well as an offensive coordinator at four different Power Five schools. He joined Mizzou after spending the 2016-17 seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Illinois. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native previously served as an offensive coordinator for Northwestern, Arkansas and Louisville, and was the head coach at UAB for two years (2012-13). He also spent two years in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was a quality control assistant under Tom Coughlin from 2000-01.
McGee's Louisville offense averaged 28.7 points per game and 416.1 yards per game in 2015, a year after the Cardinals scored 30+ points eight times and passed for 3,276 yards with McGee as offensive coordinator. McGee oversaw the development of future Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, as he went on to have one of the top NFL rookie seasons in the country in 2015. He joined Bobby Petrino's staff at Louisville after spending two seasons at UAB and four at Arkansas, where he also worked under Petrino.
Before departing Arkansas for the UAB head job, McGee was a finalist for the 2011 Broyles Award, presented to the nation's top assistant coach. As head coach of the Blazers, McGee hired Brohm as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2012).
Prior to his time at Arkansas, McGee spent four seasons (2004-07) at Northwestern, including the final two as offensive coordinator. Using the spread offense, McGee's 2007 offense led the Big Ten and was No. 11 in the nation in passing (307.9 yards per game), while leading the Big Ten and ranking No. 31 in total offense (427.7 yards per game).
Before his promotion to offensive coordinator at Northwestern, McGee was the Wildcats' wide receivers coach for two seasons. He arrived in Evanston after one season in Las Vegas coaching the UNLV wide receivers. McGee also coached wideouts in stops at Toledo (2002) and Northern Iowa (1999).
Brohm on McGee
"Having worked with Garrick in the past, I know the type of coach and person he is, which makes him a great fit for our program. His years of experience coaching both quarterbacks and wide receivers bridges a connection between the two positions to make sure our guys are on the same page. He is a leader, a great addition to our staff."
Ryan Wallace
Wallace enters his sixth season on Brohm's staff, serving in a variety of roles since arriving in West Lafayette. Last season, he was as an offensive and special teams assistant. Wallace was hired June 1, 2017, and spent his first two years as offensive/special teams quality control.
Brycen Hopkins, currently the Los Angeles Rams, highlighted the tight end position for Wallace in 2019, being named the Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, a First Team All-Big Ten selection and Second Team All-America by USA Today. Hopkins finished second on the team with 61 receptions for 830 yards and seven touchdowns on the year. His reception and yardage total were the most by a Boilermaker tight end since Dustin Keller had 68 receptions for 881 yards in 2007. Payne Durham caught four touchdowns on his nine total receptions for the year, and his production has continued to grow throughout his career with the help of Wallace's guidance.
Wallace came to Purdue after spending the 2016 season as tight ends coach at Austin Peay. The Governors finished third in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing and broke the school single-game record for total offense multiple times. According to 247 Sports, Austin Peay signed the No.1 recruiting class in FCS with Wallace on staff.
Prior to Austin Peay, Wallace spent three seasons as a graduate assistant at Western Kentucky, where he worked directly with the tight ends under Brohm in 2014 and 2015 and with the offensive line in 2013. In 2015, the Hilltoppers won the Conference USA Championship Game and Miami Beach Bowl and finished 24th in the final Associated Press poll. Western Kentucky finished that season first in the nation in passing touchdowns, fifth in passing yards and scoring offense, and eighth in total offense. The season prior, the Hilltoppers broke 47 offensive school records, finished first in the country in passing touchdowns, second in passing yards, fourth in total offense and sixth in scoring offense. Tight ends Mitchell Henry and Tyler Higbee earned all-conference honors in 2014 under Wallace's guidance, with Higbee going on to be selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams in 2015.
Brohm on Wallace
"Ryan has been on our staff since we arrived at Purdue, working in a variety of roles for us. He has a proven track record of developing tight ends to become an important piece of the offense. Ryan deserves this promotion to be our tight ends coach, while also helping coach our offensive line."
Ashton Youboty
Youboty, a former NFL cornerback after a standout collegiate career at Ohio State, spent the past two seasons coaching cornerbacks at Youngstown State.
With the help of Youboty's guidance, the Penguins' secondary hauled in seven interceptions during the 2021 season. Jordan White led the Missouri Valley Football Conference in interceptions, while ranking 21st in the nation. Keyon Martin continued his successful development under Youboty, becoming a lockdown corner by breaking up a team-high 10 passes with 32 tackles and 2.5 TFLs.
YSU's cornerbacks thrived in Youboty's first campaign. Martin was named honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference and was named to the league's all-newcomer team. Martin had 24 total tackles, including 19 solo stops, three pass breakups and an interception in seven games. At the other corner spot, Troy Jakubec finished with 17 tackles, five pass breakups and an interception.
Youboty spent three years at Wisconsin serving in a variety of roles for the Badgers before coming to YSU. He spent two seasons as a quality control specialist before moving to the role of senior defensive analyst in 2019.
A defensive back at Ohio State, Youboty was named First Team All-Big Ten in 2005 and was a third round selection, No. 70 overall, of the Buffalo Bills in the 2006 NFL Draft. As a junior in 2005, he finished with 56 total tackles, including 43 solo stops. He had nine pass breakups and one interception. As a sophomore in 2004, he had a career-best 61 total tackles, including 47 solo stops. He had 14 pass breakups and four interceptions.
Youboty went on to play five seasons in Buffalo before finishing his pro career with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011. In his NFL career, he played in 49 games and made 12 starts. He had 86 total tackles, including 73 solo stops. His best season in the NFL was 2007 when he appeared in eleven games for the Bills and was credited with 23 tackles (22 solo), a sack and an interception. While with Jacksonville, he recovered a fumble and returned it for a touchdown against the Houston Texans on Nov. 27, 2011.
Brohm on Youboty
"Ashton knows Big Ten Football, having had a successful playing career that led him to the NFL. I can tell he has a passion for coaching and enjoys teaching the next generation what he learned as a player himself. He is a bright young coach that will help our defense succeed."
David Elson (linebackers), Garrick McGee (wide receivers), Ryan Wallace (tight ends/assistant offensive line) and Ashton Youboty (cornerbacks) were all named as the Boilermakers' newest assistant coaches.
"We're excited to have this group of coaches join our staff," said Brohm. "All four of them provide a wealth of experience that will help keep our positive momentum going here at Purdue. We are looking forward to getting them in the office and on the field to coach our guys beginning this spring."
Elson and Wallace are no strangers to Purdue Football. Hired last August, Elson, a former head coach at Western Kentucky and a defensive coordinator at several stops, spent the 2021 campaign with Purdue as a defensive quality control coach. Meanwhile, Wallace completed his fifth season on Brohm's staff, serving as an offensive and special teams assistant. The duo helped Purdue to one of the best seasons in program history, as the Boilermakers went 9-4, knocked off two top-five teams and captured the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.
McGee joins the Boilermakers with 26 years of coaching experience, including time as the head coach at UAB and several stints as an offensive coordinator. He most recently coached quarterbacks at Florida in 2021, but has six years under his belt as a wide receivers coach. On the other side of the ball, Youboty was an All-Big Ten cornerback at Ohio State and played five seasons in the NFL before making the transition into coaching. He coached cornerbacks at Youngstown State for the past two seasons after serving as a quality control coach at Wisconsin for three years.
The Boilermakers begin the 2022 season Thursday, Sept. 1, at home against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Kickoff from Ross-Ade Stadium will be set at a later date.
Season tickets for the 2022 Purdue Football season are on sale now. Click here to purchase new season tickets. If you are a current season ticket holder and would like to renew for 2022, click here. The renewal deadline is March 1, and Boilermaker fans who renew before the deadline will gain access to the Purdue For Life Patio and also receive three John Purdue Club priority points.
David Elson
Elson, who served as the head coach at Western Kentucky for seven seasons (2003-09), joined the Boilermaker staff as a quality control coach in August 2021 after spending 2020 as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Marion University in Indianapolis.
Prior to his lone season at Marion, Elson spent three years (2017-19) at Ball State as the Cardinals' defensive coordinator. BSU led the Mid-American Conference in interceptions (15) and turnovers gained (24) during his final season in Muncie. Both stats cracked the top 15 nationally.
Elson has served as the defensive coordinator at a number of stops during his coaching career, including: Western Illinois, Southern Illinois, New Mexico State and WKU. He has experience in the Big Ten Conference, spending one season as defensive quality control at Indiana.
With Elson calling the defense throughout the 2002 season, Western Kentucky captured the Football Championship Subdivision National Championship. Two years later, he was a finalist for the 2004 Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year Award as the Hilltoppers' head coach.
Brohm on Elson
"Joining our staff before the beginning of last season, David made an immediate impact as a quality control coach. With his experience as a defensive coordinator and the relationship he has built with our players, I know he will do a great job coaching our linebackers."
Garrick McGee
McGee, a former head coach and offensive coordinator, returned to the sidelines to coach the Florida quarterbacks last season after serving as an analyst for the Gators in 2020. Making the move to coach the wideouts at Purdue, McGee's previous stops include six years as a wide receivers coach, most recently in 2019 as Missouri's wide receivers coach. The longtime offensive coach has developed wide receivers and engineered some of the top offenses in the country.
McGee came to Mizzou with a wealth of experience at all levels of the game, as he previously had stops as a head coach, as well as an offensive coordinator at four different Power Five schools. He joined Mizzou after spending the 2016-17 seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Illinois. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native previously served as an offensive coordinator for Northwestern, Arkansas and Louisville, and was the head coach at UAB for two years (2012-13). He also spent two years in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was a quality control assistant under Tom Coughlin from 2000-01.
McGee's Louisville offense averaged 28.7 points per game and 416.1 yards per game in 2015, a year after the Cardinals scored 30+ points eight times and passed for 3,276 yards with McGee as offensive coordinator. McGee oversaw the development of future Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, as he went on to have one of the top NFL rookie seasons in the country in 2015. He joined Bobby Petrino's staff at Louisville after spending two seasons at UAB and four at Arkansas, where he also worked under Petrino.
Before departing Arkansas for the UAB head job, McGee was a finalist for the 2011 Broyles Award, presented to the nation's top assistant coach. As head coach of the Blazers, McGee hired Brohm as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2012).
Prior to his time at Arkansas, McGee spent four seasons (2004-07) at Northwestern, including the final two as offensive coordinator. Using the spread offense, McGee's 2007 offense led the Big Ten and was No. 11 in the nation in passing (307.9 yards per game), while leading the Big Ten and ranking No. 31 in total offense (427.7 yards per game).
Before his promotion to offensive coordinator at Northwestern, McGee was the Wildcats' wide receivers coach for two seasons. He arrived in Evanston after one season in Las Vegas coaching the UNLV wide receivers. McGee also coached wideouts in stops at Toledo (2002) and Northern Iowa (1999).
Brohm on McGee
"Having worked with Garrick in the past, I know the type of coach and person he is, which makes him a great fit for our program. His years of experience coaching both quarterbacks and wide receivers bridges a connection between the two positions to make sure our guys are on the same page. He is a leader, a great addition to our staff."
Ryan Wallace
Wallace enters his sixth season on Brohm's staff, serving in a variety of roles since arriving in West Lafayette. Last season, he was as an offensive and special teams assistant. Wallace was hired June 1, 2017, and spent his first two years as offensive/special teams quality control.
Brycen Hopkins, currently the Los Angeles Rams, highlighted the tight end position for Wallace in 2019, being named the Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, a First Team All-Big Ten selection and Second Team All-America by USA Today. Hopkins finished second on the team with 61 receptions for 830 yards and seven touchdowns on the year. His reception and yardage total were the most by a Boilermaker tight end since Dustin Keller had 68 receptions for 881 yards in 2007. Payne Durham caught four touchdowns on his nine total receptions for the year, and his production has continued to grow throughout his career with the help of Wallace's guidance.
Wallace came to Purdue after spending the 2016 season as tight ends coach at Austin Peay. The Governors finished third in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing and broke the school single-game record for total offense multiple times. According to 247 Sports, Austin Peay signed the No.1 recruiting class in FCS with Wallace on staff.
Prior to Austin Peay, Wallace spent three seasons as a graduate assistant at Western Kentucky, where he worked directly with the tight ends under Brohm in 2014 and 2015 and with the offensive line in 2013. In 2015, the Hilltoppers won the Conference USA Championship Game and Miami Beach Bowl and finished 24th in the final Associated Press poll. Western Kentucky finished that season first in the nation in passing touchdowns, fifth in passing yards and scoring offense, and eighth in total offense. The season prior, the Hilltoppers broke 47 offensive school records, finished first in the country in passing touchdowns, second in passing yards, fourth in total offense and sixth in scoring offense. Tight ends Mitchell Henry and Tyler Higbee earned all-conference honors in 2014 under Wallace's guidance, with Higbee going on to be selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams in 2015.
Brohm on Wallace
"Ryan has been on our staff since we arrived at Purdue, working in a variety of roles for us. He has a proven track record of developing tight ends to become an important piece of the offense. Ryan deserves this promotion to be our tight ends coach, while also helping coach our offensive line."
Ashton Youboty
Youboty, a former NFL cornerback after a standout collegiate career at Ohio State, spent the past two seasons coaching cornerbacks at Youngstown State.
With the help of Youboty's guidance, the Penguins' secondary hauled in seven interceptions during the 2021 season. Jordan White led the Missouri Valley Football Conference in interceptions, while ranking 21st in the nation. Keyon Martin continued his successful development under Youboty, becoming a lockdown corner by breaking up a team-high 10 passes with 32 tackles and 2.5 TFLs.
YSU's cornerbacks thrived in Youboty's first campaign. Martin was named honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference and was named to the league's all-newcomer team. Martin had 24 total tackles, including 19 solo stops, three pass breakups and an interception in seven games. At the other corner spot, Troy Jakubec finished with 17 tackles, five pass breakups and an interception.
Youboty spent three years at Wisconsin serving in a variety of roles for the Badgers before coming to YSU. He spent two seasons as a quality control specialist before moving to the role of senior defensive analyst in 2019.
A defensive back at Ohio State, Youboty was named First Team All-Big Ten in 2005 and was a third round selection, No. 70 overall, of the Buffalo Bills in the 2006 NFL Draft. As a junior in 2005, he finished with 56 total tackles, including 43 solo stops. He had nine pass breakups and one interception. As a sophomore in 2004, he had a career-best 61 total tackles, including 47 solo stops. He had 14 pass breakups and four interceptions.
Youboty went on to play five seasons in Buffalo before finishing his pro career with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011. In his NFL career, he played in 49 games and made 12 starts. He had 86 total tackles, including 73 solo stops. His best season in the NFL was 2007 when he appeared in eleven games for the Bills and was credited with 23 tackles (22 solo), a sack and an interception. While with Jacksonville, he recovered a fumble and returned it for a touchdown against the Houston Texans on Nov. 27, 2011.
Brohm on Youboty
"Ashton knows Big Ten Football, having had a successful playing career that led him to the NFL. I can tell he has a passion for coaching and enjoys teaching the next generation what he learned as a player himself. He is a bright young coach that will help our defense succeed."