Stan Hodgin is entering his first year as an Assistant Football Coach at Emory & Henry College and will serve as the Wasps’ offensive coordinator

Hodgin joins the Wasps after spending last season as an assistant coach at Averett University in Danville, Va. While with the Cougars, Hodgin coached the wide receivers and assisted with the special teams. Averett led the USA South in passing in 2010 and Hodgin coached USA South leading receiver Jeremy Dixon to All-America honors.

Prior to coaching at Averett, Hodgin served as the Head Coach at Halifax County High School in South Boston, Va., for five seasons. His teams led the state in several special teams categories and twice reached the Virginia State Playoffs.

Hodgin got his start in coaching at his alma mater, Person County High School in Roxboro, N.C., where he coached from 1988 to 2002. Over his career, more than 50 of his players have gone on to play college football, and the teams he has coached have had a .720 win percentage with six conference championships.

A scholar of the game, Hodgin has attended countless coaching clinics, college spring practices and NFL training camps including the University of Texas, West Virginia University the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons.

Hodgin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Carson-Newman College in 1988. He was a four-year member of the C-N football team and won NAIA National Championships in 1984 and 1986. As a junior and a senior, Hodgin served as a Student Assistant under Head Coach Ken Sparks, assisting with the quarterbacks receivers and coordinating the scout team offense.

Hodgin and his wife, Laurie, have four daughters: Ashley, Zoe, Kasey and Delaney.