Last Updated on January 23, 2025 10:34 am
BOONE, N.C. — App State Football head coach Dowell Loggains announced Thursday the hiring of Aashon Larkins as an offensive assistant coach.
Larkins, whose first name is pronounced uh-SHAWN, has coached and worked on NCAA coaching staffs for the last two decades. That includes recent stints at Michigan (2019-21) and Ole Miss (2022) before two seasons as a secondary coach at Dartmouth in the Ivy League.
“We’re excited to welcome Aashon and his family to App State,” Loggains said. “His experience, energy and enthusiasm will make him a great asset to our program on the field and as a recruiter.”
After graduating from Lehigh in 2003 and joining the Philadelphia Eagles as a pro personnel intern, Larkins worked at the FCS level for Holy Cross, Wagner, The Citadel, Jacksonville State and Bethune-Cookman from 2004-2018. He joined Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan in 2019, serving as a defensive analyst before becoming a special teams analyst and working with Wolverine safeties during the 2020 season.
“I want to thank Coach Loggains and the App State community for allowing me the opportunity to be here,” Larkins said. “App State is a very special place, and I know firsthand how important the sustained tradition is. I look forward to being a part of this family and taking this program to new heights.”
Larkins was Michigan’s director of recruiting during a 2021 season in which the Wolverines made the College Football Playoff and finished 12-2. That year, in the summer of 2021, he also spent time in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ scouting department after being a recipient of a Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellowship.
He joined Lane Kiffin’s staff at Ole Miss for the 2022 season, serving as a lead analyst who worked with safeties during an 8-5 season for the Rebels.
Dartmouth went a combined 10-4 in Ivy League play with Larkins on staff, as the Big Green followed a 6-4 season in 2023 with an 8-2 overall mark in 2024.
Larkins coached against App State in the SoCon as an assistant coach at The Citadel from 2006-13, a stretch in which he had two players drafted to the NFL: wide receiver/punt returner Andre Roberts (third round in 2010) and cornerback Cortez Allen (fourth round in 2011). Larkins spent the following season at Jacksonville State, mentoring All-American cornerback Jermaine Hough, before moving on to serve as Bethune-Cookman’s recruiting coordinator and special teams coordinator from 2015-18.
Larkins was a double major in psychology and sociology at Lehigh. He and his wife, Jackie, have a daughter, Jorden.
LARKINS AT A GLANCE
2003: Philadelphia Eagles (Pro personnel intern)
2004: Holy Cross (Cornerbacks)
2005: Wagner (Defensive backs/Academic coordinator)
2006-08: The Citadel (Cornerbacks)
2009: The Citadel (Safeties/Special teams coordinator)
2010-13: The Citadel (Linebackers)
2014: Jacksonville State (Special teams coordinator/Cornerbacks)
2015-18: Bethune-Cookman (Special teams coordinator/Recruiting coordinator)
2019: Michigan (Defensive analyst)
2020: Michigan (Special teams analyst/Safeties)
2021: Michigan (Director of recruiting)
2022: Ole Miss (Lead analyst – Safeties)
2023-24: Dartmouth (Secondary)
Alma Mater: Lehigh, 2003
Hometown: Hackensack, N.J.
Wife: Jackie
Daughter: Jorden
Twitter: @CoachALarkins
