Years In Coaching: 16th
Years at USF: 2nd
Alma Mater: Bachelor’s degree in education, Ohio State, 2008;
Master’s degree in health and human performance, Austin Peay, 2011
Family: Wife: Lisa; Daughters: Quinn, Cailyn and Kyler
Hometown: Jamestown, Ohio
NOTABLE:
• Served as defensive coordinator at FCS, Division II and Division III levels
Chad Creamer was named the Bulls’ special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach in December of 2022, joining head coach Alex Golesh’s first USF staff.
The first season at USF, he helped the Bulls produce 12 team and 16 individual records as the Bulls capped the biggest turnaround in program history (a six-win improvement) with a 45-0 rout of Syracuse in the Boca Raton Bowl. Defensive end Tramel Logan tied a program record with three defensive touchdowns and the bowl game shutout marked the largest in NCAA bowl game history.
USF finished 12th nationally and second in The American collecting 24 turnovers, including 10 fumbles to rank No. 16, and the Bulls’ four defensive touchdowns on the year ranked No. 8 nationally. USF stood No. 7 posting 7.5 tackles for loss per game as linebacker Jhalyn Shuler earned All-AAC honorable mention and led USF with 97 tackles. Walk-on kicker John Cannon led the Bulls with 85 points, hitting all 52 PAT and 11 of 16 field goals.
Creamer came to USF from Tennessee (2022) where he served as a defensive analyst, working on staff with Golesh, and having served as defensive coordinator at the FCS, Division II and Division III levels at three previous college programs.
Creamer spent two seasons at Shorter University (2018-19) as defensive coordinator/linebacker coach for the Division II program.
Prior to his time at Shorter, Creamer served as a defensive quality control coach at Cincinnati (2017) and for four seasons at Davidson College (2013-16) as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the FCS program.
Creamer spent a season as a player personnel assistant at Illinois (2012), spent two seasons guiding the defense at Division III Capital University (2010-11) and served as a graduate assistant at Austin Peay (2009) and an undergraduate assistant at Ohio State (2007-08).
After playing four seasons as a safety at Greenview High School in Jamestown, Ohio, Creamer bypassed a chance to play college football to become involved in the Ohio State program.
He started in the weight room, moved to work with the defensive backs and spent his final year at OSU helping one of the nation’s most respected defensive coordinators, Jim Heacock. His assignment included working with the defensive line during that two-year timeframe.
A native of Jamestown, Ohio, Creamer earned a bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in sport and leisure studies at Ohio State and completed his master’s degree in health and human performance at Austin Peay in 2011.
Creamer and his wife, Lisa, have daughters, Quinn, Cailyn and Kyler.
Year-by-Year
2023- USF Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Coach
2020-22 Tennessee Defensive Analyst
2020 Boston College Special Teams Analyst
2018-19 Shorter University Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
2017 Cincinnati Defensive Quality Control
2013-16 Davidson College Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
2012 Illinois Player Personnel Assistant
2010-11 Capital University Defensive Coordinator
2009 Austin Peay Graduate Assistant
2007-08 Ohio State Undergraduate Assistant
