Western Carolina University

Nick Reveiz (pronounced ruh-VASE), a 13-year collegiate coaching veteran who spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Charleston Southern (2023-25), was named to the same position at Western Carolina by Catamount head football coach Kerwin Bell in mid-February 2026.
 
Reveiz came to Cullowhee after three seasons leading the defense at Charleston Southern, which plays in the Big South/Ohio Valley Football Association. In 2025, the Buccaneers ranked 34th in the NCAA FCS in limiting opponents to just 24 points per game, surrendering 17 points or fewer five times. His defense forced 24 fumbles and ranked eighth in the nation in fourth-down defense. CSU limited Sun Belt Conference foe Coastal Carolina to just 13 points, and upset eventual Celebration Bowl Champion South Carolina State on the way to the Bucs’ best seasonal record since 2019. Charleston Southern boasted the Big South/OVC Freshman of the Year on defense in DB Anthony Paulk, while also featuring two first-team and four second-team Big South/OVC all-conference honorees.
 
Under the leadership of Reveiz in 2024, Charleston Southern’s defense ranked 54th in the NCAA FCS in total defense, limiting foes to an average of 353.7 yards per game, including 152.8 yards per game against the run (64th) and 200.8 yards per game through the air (45th). The Bucs upset nationally-ranked Furman in the second week of the season.
 
During his first year at CSU, he mentored first-team all-conference linebacker Malik Barnes, while also overseeing a unit that scored three defensive touchdowns. The 2023 Bucs team led the Big South/OVC in passing defense (173.3 yds/gm) and recorded 25 sacks in league play. The team upset Kennesaw State, which was transitioning to NCAA FBS competition that year.
 
While at Charleston Southern, Reveiz worked with multiple positions, including the defensive line (2023-24) and defensive backs (2025). During his three seasons in the Lowcountry, CSU only surrendered an average of 26.6 points per outing on defense.
 
Reveiz has some experience within the Southern Conference, spending 2022 on the sidelines at VMI, where he helped implement their zone scheme. That season, the Keydets finished third overall in the league in redzone defense and were fifth against the pass. Reveiz mentored three-time All-SoCon and All-America selection, linebacker Stone Snyder, who finished third in the nation in tackles with 107 through 10 games in 2022.

Reveiz spent five seasons at Albany State in Georgia, four as the co-defensive coordinator. In addition to coaching the linebackers, he also worked with two special teams. His defense finished 2021 ranked first in NCAA Division II in total defense, the only squad to hold opponents under 200 yards of total offense at 199.2 yards per game. Albany State also boasted the best scoring defense, allowing only 75 total points over 12 games for an average of 6.25 per game, as the Golden Rams advanced to the Division II playoffs.
 
While at Albany State, his defense finished among the national leaders at the NCAA Division II level in total defense, including No. 1 in 2021 (199.2 yds/gm), No. 2 in 2019 (257.9 yds/gm), and 17th in 2017. He also coached the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Player of the Year, Stephan Pierre, who was also selected as the HBCU Gameday National D-II Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Reveiz earned his coaching start at perennial NCAA D-II power Carson-Newman (2013-16) under head coach Ken Sparks, starting as a graduate assistant coach working with the linebackers. He then spent two years working on the offensive side of the ball, coaching the running backs, where he mentored two Harlon Hill Trophy finalists, Andy Hibbett and Damian Baker, before returning to defense in 2016 with the linebackers and All-SAC performer, Lane Bloom.
 
A former walk-on who earned a scholarship, Reveiz was a two-time team captain at the University of Tennessee. He collected 168 career tackles, including 81 solo stops and 10.5 for loss, for the Vols from 2007-10. Reveiz was one of 10 Vols to start every game in 2010, finishing with 108 tackles, including 51 solo stops and six TFLs. He posted a career-high 14 tackles in a game three times, including 14 in the Music City Bowl as a senior.
 
A finalist for the Burlsworth Award in 2010 – an award given to a former walk-on football player who shows outstanding performance on the field – Reveiz was also a three-time Academic All-SEC selection, graduating from Tennessee in May 2010 with a degree in enterprise management.
 
Reveiz was also a part of the preseason roster for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2011, playing at linebacker and fullback through training camp and in all four preseason games. He also earned the NFL’s Bill Walsh Minority Defensive Intern position with the Los Angeles Rams in the summer of 2018.

Originally from Farragut, Tenn., Nick is married to the now Brittany Reveiz, and they have four children - Zeb, Zane, Zeal, and Zadie.

Nick Reveiz – Coaching Experience:
2026-present: Western Carolina Defensive Coordinator
2023-2025: CSU Defensive Coordinator
2022: VMI Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2018-2021: Albany State Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2017: Albany State Assistant Coach - Linebackers
2016: Carson-Newman Assistant Coach - Linebackers
2013-2015: Carson-Newman Assistant Coach - Running Backs
2013: Carson-Newman Graduate Assistant - Linebackers