Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay joined the North Carolina Central University football coaching staff as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in February 2019.
He arrived in Durham after spending the prior season at Ole Miss as the Rebels' senior player personnel analyst.
Aughtry-Lindsay coached for three seasons (2015-17) at Campbell University, coordinating the Camels' run game defense and coaching linebackers.
Aughtry-Lindsay was named defensive run game coordinator following the 2015 season, where CU ranked fifth in the country in total defense, allowing just 279.3 yards per game. Among FCS programs, Campbell also stood third in team sacks per game (3.55) and ninth in scoring defense (17.7). The team shattered program records for all three categories, adding single season marks for tackles for loss (85.0) and total sacks (38.0).
The Camel defense again ranked in the top-20 nationally in 2016. Campbell stood 17th in the country in total defense, allowing only 322.1 yards per game. CU ranked 27th in rush defense (129.0) and 35th in passing yards allowed (193.1).
Aughtry-Lindsay, who starred at linebacker for one of the nation’s top defenses at NC State, worked the 2014 campaign at NCAA Division II St. Augustine’s, where he was the Falcons’ defensive coordinator and special teams coach. He was the linebackers coach at Elon during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
Prior to Elon, Aughtry-Lindsay coached linebackers at Slippery Rock (Pa.) in 2011. He spent 2008-10 at his alma mater, NCSU, first as an assistant in the recruiting office in 2008, and as a defensive graduate assistant coach from 2009-10. He also served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Andrews High School in High Point, N.C. in 2007.
Aughtry-Lindsay was a two-year starter at NC State, where he was selected as a team captain in 2003 and 2004. In a win against UConn in 2003, Aughtry-Lindsay scored two defensive touchdowns - a 48-yard fumble recovery and a game-winning 56-yard interception return. That performance helped him earn both ACC and national player of the week honors. He amassed a career-best 105 tackles in 2003. In 2004, the Wolfpack boasted the nation’s top-ranked defense. Aughtry-Lindsay was honored with the Al Michaels Award during his time with NC State. In his career, he recorded 266 tackles, 22.5 tackles for a loss and 6.5 sacks.
Following his collegiate career, Aughtry-Lindsay played two seasons in the Arena Football League 2 as a linebacker and fullback with the Arkansas Twisters and Laredo Lobos.
Aughtry-Lindsay earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from NC State in 2006.
Originally from High Point, N.C., Aughtry-Lindsay and his wife, Amber, have three sons – Colton, Colin and Colter.
