Football
Clune, Kevin
Kevin Clune
- Title:
- Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers
- Email:
- Kevin.Clune@oregonstate.edu
- Phone:
- 737-2614
Get to Know Coach Clune -- Part 1
Get to Know Coach Clune -- Part 2
Get to Know Coach Clune -- Part 3
Get to Know Coach Clune -- Part 4
Hometown: Carmel, California
College: Cal State-Fullerton (Kinesiology, 2000)
Twitter: @CoachKevinClune
Coaching Resume
2016-present Oregon State – Defensive Coordinator
2015 Utah State - Defensive Coordinator
2014 Hawai'i - Defensive Coordinator
2009-13 Utah State – Linebackers
2008 – Weber State – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2005-07 Weber State - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2003-04 Southern Utah - Defensive Coordinator
2001-02 Utah - Graduate Assistant
2000 Occidental College - Defensive Line
1996-99 Fullerton JC - Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
1993-94 Dos Pueblos (Calif.) HS - Linebackers
1991- Palma (Calif.) HS - Defensive Line/Receivers
Bowl Games:
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2015
Poinsettia Bowl, 2013
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2012
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 2011
Vegas Bowl, 2001
Conference Championships:
Utah State - WAC, 2012
Weber State - Big Sky, 2008.
Playing Experience
University of San Diego & Fullerton Junior College
Oregon State (2016-present)
2016
- Defense allowed 52.3 yards per game fewer than previous season
- Defense allowed 78 fewer points than previous season
- Fourth in the Pac-12 for pass defense at 211.2 yards allowed per game
- Fifth in Pac-12 for pass efficiency defense -- up from 12th the previous year
- CB Xavier Crawford named Campus Insiders’ and USA Today Freshman All-American
- CBs Treston Decoud and Xavier Crawford Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Kyle Haley, Omar Hicks-Onu & Sumner Houston Pac-12 Academic honors
- Manase Hungalu and Caleb Saulo ranked in the top five of the Pac-12 for tackles
- Devin Chappell tied an OSU record with six forced fumbles (T1st in Pac-12)
- Appointed defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach January 7, 2016
Utah State (2015)
- Led Aggies to the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- USU earned the American Football Coaches Association Academic Achievement Award
- LB Kyler Fackrell earned 1st Team Mountain West Conference; invited to play in East-West Shrine Game and was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award (nation’s top LB)
- LB Nick Vigil 1st Team Mountain West Conference/6th in NCAA for tackles per game (11.1)
- CB Jalen Davis, NG David Moala, DE Jordan Nielsen Honorable Mention Mountain West Conference
- DE Jordan Nielsen selected to play in inaugural Tropic Bowl all-star game
- Aggies ranked 17th in nation for total defense (332.5 yds allowed per game), 13th for passing yards allowed (180.5 per game) and 21st for third down percentage defense (.338)
- Finished in the top four of the Mountain West Conference in 12 defensive categories
- Defense improved allowing 12 fewer points per game from previous season.
- Finished in the top five of three Mountain West Conference defensive categories
- Six Mountain West Conference Academic defensive players
- LB Jake Doughty 2013 1st Team Mountain West Conference; LBs Kyler Fackrell and Zach Vigil 2nd Team
- Aggies ranked seventh in NCAA for scoring defense in 2012 (15.4 pts) in 2013 (17.1)
- The team ranked 12th in 2013 for total defense (330.9 yds) and 15th in 2012 (322.1)
- Aggies ranked first in eight Mountain West Conference defensive categories in 2013
- LB Kyle Fackrell 2012 1st Team Western Athletic Conference and Freshman All-American
- Helped USU to the 2013 Poinsettia Bowl and two appearances in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (2011 & ’12)
- USU earned the American Football Coaches Association Academic Achievement Award in 2012
- LB Bojay Filimoeatu selected to play in 2013 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game
- LB Bobby Wagner named 2010 and 2011 1st Team Western Athletic Conference, WAC Defensive Player of the Year (’11) and Bronko Nagurski, Lombardi and Butkus Award “watch lists”
- LB Bobby Wagner second round NFL Draft selection of Seattle in 2012
- Assistant Head Coach (2008), Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
- 2008 co-Big Sky Conference champions.
- Second in the Big Sky Conference for total defense in 2007 and ‘08
- 15 Big Sky Conference all-league honorees.
- Wildcats ranked in the top two in Big Sky Conference defensive categories 16 times during his tenure.
- Five Big Sky Conference academic honorees
- LB JD Folsom seventh round NFL Draft selection of Miami in 2009
- Thunderbirds competed as an Independent.
- LB Nick DiPadova earned 2nd Team All-American honors in 2004 and Honorable Mention in 2003
- LB Marques Harris earned 3rd Team NCAA All-America honors in 2004.
Oregon State Football Interviews: September 17, 2025
Wednesday, September 17
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Tuesday, September 16
Oregon State Football Press Conference - Head Coach Trent Bray (Sept. 15, 2025)
Monday, September 15
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Wednesday, September 10
