West Texas A&M University Athletics

Brian Vaughn enters his second season as the linebackers coach at West Texas A&M. Vaughn made the move to the Texas Panhandle following two seasons as the inside linebackers coach at Nebraska-Kearney. 

An Illinois native, Vaughn has had coaching stops at Division II Florida Tech, Division III Rhodes (Tenn.) College, Rose-Hulman (Ind.) Institute of Technology, and Western New England (Mass.) University as well as junior college member New Mexico Military Institute. As a player he was a defensive back at Division III Illinois College.
 
Vaughn was the Co-Defensive Coordinator and defensive backs coach at Florida Tech. The Panthers began playing football in 2013 and competed in the tough Gulf South Conference (GSC). Tech reached the 2018 Division II Playoffs but the program was dropped in May 2020 due to financial strains from the ongoing pandemic. Vaughn saw the 2019 Panther defense have 11 interceptions for 125 yards and one score, 21 sacks and five forced fumbles.