Football
A.J. Reisig
- Title:
- Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
- Email:
- ajr416@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-4293
- Alma Mater:
- Second season
Recruiting Areas: Upstate New York (Sections 2-7, 9, 10), Northwest Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Southern California, Kentucky
A.J. Reisig enters his fourth season on the Lehigh coaching staff. Reisig, a 2009 graduate of Dickinson College, joined the Lehigh coaching staff in July 2016. He spent the previous three seasons as a graduate assistant at the University of Maryland. Reisig serves as Lehigh’s assistant secondary coach, focusing on the Mountain Hawks’ cornerbacks, while also serving as the football program’s on-campus recruiting coordinator.
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Last season, Reisig worked with a group of cornerbacks, led by the duo of Donavon Harris and Marquis Wilson, which started every game and accounted for 11 pass breakups and half of the team’s interceptions. Harris ranked fourth on the team with 54 tackles, while Wilson added 44. Sophomores Jaylen Floyd and Divine Buckhram also made positive contributions in the secondary.
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In 2017, Reisig also worked with Lehigh’s rovers and assisted with a secondary group that featured a total of seven first or second year players, many of who saw extensive time due to injury. Senior Quentin Jones emerged as the leader of the secondary, seeing time at both rover and cornerback before finishing the season at safety.
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In his first season at Lehigh, Reisig worked with the Mountain Hawks’ cornerbacks. Lehigh ranked third in the Patriot League in passing defense with Brandon Leaks earning second team all-league recognition and Quentin Jones and Donavon Harris both contributing when in the lineup.
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Reisig came to Maryland in 2013 as a graduate assistant under head coach Randy Edsall, working with defensive backs and special teams. He assisted a defense that ranked in the top third of the Football Bowl Subdivision in both total defense and pass defense in 2013 and pass efficiency defense in 2014. Maryland made bowl appearances in each of Reisig’s first two seasons in College Park, participating in the Military Bowl in 2013 and the Foster Farms Bowl in 2014.
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Midway through the 2015 season, Reisig took over the Terrapins’ outside linebackers, and guided that unit through Maryland’s final six games. Maryland’s defense ranked 23rd in tackles-for-loss and 14th in sacks among FBS teams in 2015. Reisig also worked with Maryland’s kickoff coverage units and a punt return unit that led the Big Ten and ranked fifth nationally.
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Prior to his stint at Maryland, Reisig spent two seasons at Shippensburg University as a graduate assistant working with the secondary. At Shippensburg, Reisig helped improve a defense that ranked 113th in pass efficiency before he arrived, into one that ranked 13th in Division II in 2011 and 42nd in 2012. He placed an emphasis on his defensive backs creating turnovers with Shippensburg ranking in the top ten nationally in takeaways in both of his seasons. Shippensburg won the PSAC Eastern Division with a 10-0 record in 2012 and advanced to the second round of the Division II playoffs.
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Reisig was a two-year starter at cornerback at Dickinson, recording five interceptions, 101 tackles, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick in four seasons from 2005-2008. He also served as an undergraduate assistant to the head coach, assisting with game film and recruiting while working with the defensive backs in the spring segment.
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Reisig earned his B.A. in Psychology from Dickinson in 2009 before moving on to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., where he spent two seasons coaching the secondary. He added a Master’s degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from Shippensburg in December 2012 and added a second Master’s degree in Information Management from Maryland in 2016.
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A.J. Reisig enters his fourth season on the Lehigh coaching staff. Reisig, a 2009 graduate of Dickinson College, joined the Lehigh coaching staff in July 2016. He spent the previous three seasons as a graduate assistant at the University of Maryland. Reisig serves as Lehigh’s assistant secondary coach, focusing on the Mountain Hawks’ cornerbacks, while also serving as the football program’s on-campus recruiting coordinator.
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Last season, Reisig worked with a group of cornerbacks, led by the duo of Donavon Harris and Marquis Wilson, which started every game and accounted for 11 pass breakups and half of the team’s interceptions. Harris ranked fourth on the team with 54 tackles, while Wilson added 44. Sophomores Jaylen Floyd and Divine Buckhram also made positive contributions in the secondary.
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In 2017, Reisig also worked with Lehigh’s rovers and assisted with a secondary group that featured a total of seven first or second year players, many of who saw extensive time due to injury. Senior Quentin Jones emerged as the leader of the secondary, seeing time at both rover and cornerback before finishing the season at safety.
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In his first season at Lehigh, Reisig worked with the Mountain Hawks’ cornerbacks. Lehigh ranked third in the Patriot League in passing defense with Brandon Leaks earning second team all-league recognition and Quentin Jones and Donavon Harris both contributing when in the lineup.
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Reisig came to Maryland in 2013 as a graduate assistant under head coach Randy Edsall, working with defensive backs and special teams. He assisted a defense that ranked in the top third of the Football Bowl Subdivision in both total defense and pass defense in 2013 and pass efficiency defense in 2014. Maryland made bowl appearances in each of Reisig’s first two seasons in College Park, participating in the Military Bowl in 2013 and the Foster Farms Bowl in 2014.
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Midway through the 2015 season, Reisig took over the Terrapins’ outside linebackers, and guided that unit through Maryland’s final six games. Maryland’s defense ranked 23rd in tackles-for-loss and 14th in sacks among FBS teams in 2015. Reisig also worked with Maryland’s kickoff coverage units and a punt return unit that led the Big Ten and ranked fifth nationally.
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Prior to his stint at Maryland, Reisig spent two seasons at Shippensburg University as a graduate assistant working with the secondary. At Shippensburg, Reisig helped improve a defense that ranked 113th in pass efficiency before he arrived, into one that ranked 13th in Division II in 2011 and 42nd in 2012. He placed an emphasis on his defensive backs creating turnovers with Shippensburg ranking in the top ten nationally in takeaways in both of his seasons. Shippensburg won the PSAC Eastern Division with a 10-0 record in 2012 and advanced to the second round of the Division II playoffs.
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Reisig was a two-year starter at cornerback at Dickinson, recording five interceptions, 101 tackles, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick in four seasons from 2005-2008. He also served as an undergraduate assistant to the head coach, assisting with game film and recruiting while working with the defensive backs in the spring segment.
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Reisig earned his B.A. in Psychology from Dickinson in 2009 before moving on to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., where he spent two seasons coaching the secondary. He added a Master’s degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from Shippensburg in December 2012 and added a second Master’s degree in Information Management from Maryland in 2016.
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