Troy University Athletics
Cole Weeks Named Troy Football Assistant Coach
1/18/2019 2:25:00 PM | Football
TROY, Alabama – Troy head football coach Chip Lindsey rounded out the offensive side of his coaching staff with the hiring of Cole Weeks on Friday; Lindsey will announce complete staff roles at a later date.
"I've had the opportunity to see Cole mature from a player to a coach, and he is one of the rising stars in this profession," Lindsey said. "Cole commanded the respect of his teammates during his playing days at Southern Miss and those leadership characteristics have followed him now as a coach. I'm excited to have Cole and his wife Alexis part of the Troy Family."
Weeks joins the Troy staff following two seasons as a graduate assistant at Auburn where he primarily worked with the Tigers' quarterbacks; Lindsey served as Auburn's offensive coordinator during both of Weeks' seasons on The Plains.
"My wife and I are excited to join the Trojan Family," Weeks said. "The opportunity to coach at Troy and work with a man like Coach Lindsey is humbling. I am eager to get started and build on the tradition and success of Troy Football."
In 2017, Auburn became just the eighth team in SEC history and the first in Auburn history to rush and pass for 3,000 yards in a season. The Tigers also ranked 26th nationally in total offense and set an Auburn record scoring 327 points in SEC play. Auburn won the SEC West Division after knocking off a pair of top-ranked teams in Georgia and Alabama over a three-week period.
All-SEC quarterback Jarrett Stidham, the second Auburn player ever to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, led the SEC and ranked ninth nationally in completion percentage. Running back Kerryon Johnson was SEC Offensive Player of the Year, and Ryan Davis set an Auburn receiving record with 84 catches.
Weeks' final season at Auburn saw the Tigers defeat Pac-12 Champion Washington and nationally-ranked Texas A&M.
Weeks came to Auburn from Jones County Junior College where he coached the quarterbacks in 2016 and fellow Troy assistant coach John Carr served as the offensive coordinator. Jones County finished among the national leaders in rushing offense (seventh at 238.6 ypg), total offense (18th at 392.8 ypg) and scoring offense (27th at 30.4 ppg).
He began his coaching career as graduate assistant working with the quarterbacks at Southern Miss in 2015 when Lindsey was the offensive coordinator. The Southern Miss offense broke five single-season school records in 2015: completions (312), passing yards (4,263), total offense yards (6,758), touchdowns (67) and points (528), as the Golden Eagles recorded nine wins, a Conference USA West title, and a berth in the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl against Washington.
A quarterback at Southern Miss from 2011-14, he started two games as a senior, against UTEP and Marshall, and passed for 761 yards and two touchdowns on the season. Weeks passed for 300-plus-yards against Louisiana Tech (338) and UTEP (309). An outstanding scholar-athlete, he received the Jim Castaneda postgraduate scholarship from Conference USA.
Weeks graduated from Southern Miss in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in coaching education and earned his master's degree in adult education from Auburn in 2018.
A native of Freeport, Fla., Weeks was a three-sport letterman at Freeport High, leading the Bulldogs to the football district and regional titles as a senior. Weeks is married to the former Alexis Barbaresi.
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