• Returned home to his alma mater on Jan. 7, 2022 upon being hired as Clemson’s defensive run game coordinator and defensive tackles coach. Added the title of Associate Head Coach in 2024 and the title of Co-Defensive Coordinator in 2025.
• Veteran of 17 combined NFL seasons as a player and coach.
• Produced multiple All-ACC honores in 2023 in first-team selection Tyler Davis and third-team selection Ruke Orhorhoro in addition to mentoring Peter Woods amid a Freshman All-America debut campaign. Clemson’s interior helped the defense finish eighth in the nation in both total defense and passing defense while ranking 24th in rushing yards allowed per game.
• In his first season at Clemson in 2022, helped Davis earn All-America honors, a first-team All-ACC selection and a semifinalist nod for the Chuck Bednarik Award in addition to helping Bryan Bresee to the No. 29 overall selection in the 2023 NFL Draft.
• His defensive tackles produced 14 of Clemson’s 44 sacks and 31 of its 111 tackles for loss as the Tigers finished in the top four in the nation in both categories in 2022.
• In his first year in the conference, he earned 247Sports’ ACC Recruiter of the Year for his first recruiting cycle, which ended on National Signing Day in 2023.
• Said Head Coach Dabo Swinney upon Eason’s hiring: “Nick is the epitome of what I look for in a coach. He has an incredible passion for the game, he has got a great background and he truly loves the player. In this hire, I really wanted a guy who had great experience at the NFL level. I wanted somebody who has coached the best of the best at the highest level, and that’s exactly what he’s done. He was a great player at Clemson and he’s a great Clemson man.”
• Prior to returning to Clemson, he served as defensive line coach at Auburn in 2021, helping the Tigers to their largest sack total since 2018.
• Coached a defensive interior that helped Auburn allow the third-fewest yards per carry in the SEC and finish fourth in the conference in tackles for loss in 2021.
• Served as outside linebackers and defensive line coach for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2019-20. In his first season, Eason led significant improvement in the Bengals’ defensive line as the season progressed, notching an 11-sack improvement and an 84.1-yard reduction in yards per game in the final eight games of the season as compared to the first eight games.
• Helped Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins earn his eighth career Pro…