Tunde Agboke has replaced Ben Gibboney as the new graduate assistant coach with the football program and will work with the defensive line. He will also be an integral assistant with recruiting, video coordination, break down and exchange.
In Fall 2009 Agboke served as an assistant coach at William Paterson University in New Jersey, working with the linebackers. Agboke helped mentor senior linebacker Jared Burke, an All-New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team selection who totaled 45 tackles.
After redshirting at the University of Kentucky in 2002, Agboke transferred to Southeast Missouri State University and played for three seasons (2003-05) with the Redhawks. A two-year team captain and a recipient of the 2005 Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor for academic excellence, he was a 2005 and 2006 Dean’s List student.
Agboke, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Southeast Missouri in 2006, has worked in the public relations field at Solutions from the Heart (2008-09) and Rubenstein Communications (2007-08). He was a two-time all-city and all-state athlete at Tatescreek High School in Lexington, Kentucky and is a native of Houston, Texas.
Agboke currently lives in Shippensburg.
