Worth Gregory is in his first season with Utah State’s football program as a special teams administrative assistant coach. In his role, Gregory will assist in game prep for opponents, analysis of games and practices, and academic/practice schedules for special teams players, among other duties.
This is Gregory’s first coaching position. The former all-conference punter at East Carolina comes to Utah State after a brief stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars last season.
Gregory was tabbed a 2017 recipient of the University Scholar-Athlete Award by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame. The native of Fort Mill, S.C., also earned membership into the 2017 NFF Hampshire Honor Society.
The three-time Ray Guy Award Watch List selection averaged 43.0 yards per punt during his 37-game ECU career, which ranks as the fourth-highest total in school history. He established a single-season standard as a junior by planting 32 punts inside the 20-yard line and was named the Pirates’ special teams MVP during his final two years of action.
Additionally, Gregory stood among the American Athletic Conference’s top punters by earning second-team all-league honors as a senior after ranking third with a 42.3 average. As a junior in 2015, Gregory owned the AAC’s longest boot with a 73-yarder against USF, and during his sophomore campaign, turned in an average of 43.6 to finish second among all conference punters.
Before transferring to ECU, Gregory started his collegiate career at Alabama and was a member of the 2012 Crimson Tide team that defeated Notre Dame, 42-14, in the BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The three-time letterman in football at Fort Mill High School, Gregory was tabbed a five-star performer (Kohls/NCS) who was rated as the No. 1 punter in South Carolina and No. 7 nationally by Chris Sailer Kicking.
An honor roll and dean’s list performer in the classroom with a cumulative grade point average of 3.218, Gregory graduated from ECU in May of 2016 with a degree in business administration.