Frank Maile, a 2007 Utah State graduate, is in his fifth year as the Aggies’ assistant head coach. Maile will also serve as co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach this year. Overall, Maile has spent 10 years on the USU staff, as he was the tight ends coach in 2019, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach from 2016-18, the defensive line coach from 2011-13 and a defensive graduate assistant from 2009-10. In all, this will be Maile’s seventh year coaching the defensive line and fourth year as co-defensive coordinator.
In 2019, Maile helped four offensive players earn all-Mountain West honors, including tight end Caleb Repp, who earned honorable mention honors. Repp signed an NFL free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons. Furthermore, USU’s offense set school records in passes completed (315) and attempted (504), while its 3,628 passing yards are the second-most.
Maile also helped Utah State to its 14th bowl game all-time in 2019, including its eighth in the past nine seasons, as it played in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.
Maile helped Utah State to one of its most successful seasons in school history in 2018 as the Aggies went 11-2 and tied the school record for wins (11) and home wins (6), while being nationally ranked for six-straight weeks for the first time in school history. USU also set a school record by winning 10 straight games in 2018.
With Maile serving as the interim head coach in 2018, Utah State won its fifth bowl game in school history with a 52-13 victory against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl and finished the season ranked 22nd in the final Associated Press poll.
During the 2018 season, Maile helped coach an Aggie defense that led the nation in turnovers forced (32), interceptions (22) and three-and-outs forced per game (5.69), while ranking third nationally with six defensive touchdowns.
As Utah State’s co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach in 2018, Maile mentored three Aggies who earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors in senior Adewale Adeoye, junior Fua Leilua and junior Christopher Unga.
As Utah State’s co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach in 2017, USU allowed just 182.5 passing yards per game to rank 19th nationally. Furthermore, USU was sixth in the nation with 29 forced turnovers, including tying for second nationally with its 16 forced fumbles, and ranked fourth in the nation with five defensive touchdowns.
During the 2016 season, Utah State allowed just 176.5 passing yards per game to rank 10th nationally. In 2016, Maile coached a pair of Aggies to all-conference honors in Travis Seefeldt (second team) and Ricky Ali’ifua (honorable mention), who signed an NFL free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs and played for the Seattle Seahawks.
Maile also spent two seasons as the defensive line coach at Vanderbilt. In 2015, the Commodores’ defense ranked among the top-35 nationally in nine categories, including 28th in total defense (350.5 ypg), 22nd in scoring defense (21.0 ppg) and 33rd in rushing defense (143.2 ypg).
As Utah State’s defensive line coach from 2011-13, Maile coached five Aggies to all-conference honors in Levi Koskan (second team), Al Lapuaho (first team), B.J. Larsen (second team), Jordan Nielsen (second team) and AJ Pataiali’i (second team).
During his first three years as defensive line coach, USU posted a 28-13 record and played in three-straight bowl games, winning the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, and a 2012 Western Athletic Conference title.
During the 2013 season, Maile helped the Aggie defense rank first in the Mountain West and seventh in the nation in scoring, allowing 17.1 points per game, the second-fewest allowed by the Aggies since 1971. USU also ranked first in the MW and eighth in the nation in rushing defense (106.7 ypg), its fewest allowed since 1968, and first in the MW and 12th in the nation in total defense (330.9 ypg).
During the 2012 season, Maile helped Utah State’s defense rank among the top-15 in the nation in five categories, including being ranked first in the WAC and seventh in the nation in scoring defense (15.38 ppg), second in the WAC and sixth nationally in sacks (3.23 pg), second in the WAC and 13th in the country in rushing defense (113.77 ypg), and first in the WAC and 15th in the nation in total defense (322.08 ypg).
In 2011, Maile helped Utah State lead the WAC in total defense (366.2 ypg), as well as ranking second in the league in both rushing defense (127.7 ypg) and tackles for loss (5.9 pg).
Maile was a standout defensive lineman for the Aggies from 2004-07, making 21 starts in 42 career games. He posted 71 total tackles with 19.0 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. In his senior season of 2007 as team captain, Maile accounted for 8.0 tackles for loss, tying for second on the team.
A native of West Valley City, Utah, Maile was a first-team all-state defensive lineman at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. He served an LDS Church Mission to the Dominican Republic from 2001-03.
Maile earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Utah State in 2007 and earned his master’s in education in 2010.
Maile and his wife, Heather, have three sons, Maximus, Samson and Titan, and a daughter, Cecilia.
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Coaching History:
2020 – Utah State – Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2019 – Utah State – Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends
2016-18 – Utah State – Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
2014-15 – Vanderbilt – Defensive Line
2011-13 – Utah State – Defensive Line
2009-10 – Utah State – Defensive Graduate Assistant
Bowl Games (6):
Utah State (6) – Frisco, 2019; New Mexico, 2018; NOVA Home Loans Arizona, 2017; Poinsettia Bowl, 2013; Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2012; Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2011.
Conference Championships (1):
Utah State (1) – WAC, 2012
Playing Experience:
2004-07 – Utah State – Defensive Lineman
Education:
2010 – Utah State – Education (M.Ed.)
2007 – Utah State – Interdisciplinary Studies (B.S.)
Family:
Wife, Heather; Sons, Maximus, Samson, Titan; Daughter - Cecilia