Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach – Defensive Backs
- Email:
- lufootball@liberty.edu
- Start Date:
- 01/12/2022
Darius Eubanks, a former outside linebacker in the NFL, comes to Liberty after serving as the safeties coach at Georgia State during the 2021 season.
Georgia State finished the 2021 season with an 8-5 record, including a win over 51-20 win over Ball State in the Camellia Bowl on Christmas day.
The Panthers ranked No. 15 in the country in tackles for a loss (7.1 per game) and No. 23 in sacks (2.92). Georgia State had 10 interceptions in 2021 and ranked No. 30 nationally in turnovers gained (21).
Georgia State had two defensive backs earn All-Sun Belt honors in 2021. Safety Antavious Lane was a first-team honoree after finishing the year No. 4 in the country in interceptions (5), while cornerback Quavian White was a second-team selection after recording a GSU career best 32 passes defended.
Eubanks spent the last three seasons (2018-20) on the defensive staff at Samford but came to Georgia State from Western Carolina, where he was hired in the spring of 2021 as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.
At Samford, Eubanks coached the safeties for two seasons (2018-19) and then served as the defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coordinator in 2020.
Under Eubanks’ coaching, Samford’s Chris Edmonds earned All-America honors and was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection after ranking second nationally in interceptions (4).
Eubanks began his coaching career as the defensive line graduate assistant at Arkansas in 2017.
Following a stellar career at Georgia Southern, Eubanks signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent in 2013. He spent his NFL career (2013-16) with the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A four-year starter at linebacker and defensive back at Georgia Southern (2009-13), Eubanks started 50 of 52 game played for the Eagles. He totaled 260 tackles, including 12.5 for loss, recorded four interceptions and broke up 18 passes during his career.
Eubanks ranked in the top five on the team in total tackles every season with a career-best 77 as a senior in 2013 en route to Southern Conference All-Conference first team honors from the league head coaches.
A native of Thomson, Ga., Eubanks earned his bachelor’s in sport management from Georgia Southern in 2013.
