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Terrol Dillon is in his third season as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas State. Last season, Dillon's special teams had one of the top three kickoff teams in the nation after averaging 24.15 yards per return. The Bobcats also ranked 21st nationally in net punting with an average of 34.7 net yards per punt with freshman Ben Follis kicking most of the punts.
Karrington Bush earned All-Southland Conference Second-Team honors as a return specialist after returning 42 kickoffs for 1,055 yards and one touchdown. In addition, kicker Andrew Ireland earned All-America Honorable Mention and All-SLC First-Team honors after converting on 14 of 17 field goal attempts and 57 of 59 extra point kicks for 99 points.
Two of his linebackers, Courtney Smith and Joe Bell, earned All-SLC Honorable Mention honors after Smith led the Bobcats with 117 tackles and ranked second on the team with 11 tackles for losses of 33 yards. He also intercepted two passes and broke up four more attempts. Bell recorded 69 tackles, including five for losses of 14 yards and intercepted two passes. He returned one of his interceptions for a 26-yard touchdown in Texas State's 38-35 victory at Northern Colorado.
In 2007, Dillon coached All-America First Team punter Chris
MacDonald and freshman linebacker Marcus Clark, who led the Bobcats in tackles and interceptions.
Dillon returned to the State of Texas after spending the 2006 season as a member of the coaching staff at Cal Poly, where he coached the linebackers as well. The Mustangs posted a 7-4 record in registering the program's fourth straight winning season. Among Cal Poly's wins during the year were three shutouts and a 16-14 win at NCAA Division I FBS opponent, San Diego State.
Dillon was the position coach for Buck Buchanan Award winner Kyle Shotwell. The Buchanan Award is given annually to the top defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Shotwell registered 122 tackles, including 21 stops for lost yards and seven quarterback sacks in 2006.
In 2006, Cal Poly ranked fifth among Division I FCS schools in total defense (248.27 ypg) and was eighth in scoring defense (14.73 ppg). The Mustangs also ranked fourth in quarterback sacks (3.36 per game) and fifth in tackles for lost yards (7.64 per game). In addition to his defensive coaching responsibilities, Dillon coached Cal Poly's punt block squad. The Mustangs had four blocks during the 2006 season.
Prior to joining the Cal Poly staff, Dillon was a member of coaching staff at the University of Texas in 2005, serving as the special teams quality control coach. The Longhorns captured a national title, defeating Southern Cal 41-38 in the Rose Bowl, after winning the Big 12 Championship and the conference's regular-season title.
Dillon coached cornerbacks and also served as the boys' track and field coach at Earl Warren High School in San Antonio from 2002-05. In addition, he taught mathematics at the Northside Independent School District high school.
He also served as the varsity secondary coach at Central Catholic High School in 2001, helping the team to a TAPPS state title.
Dillon, a San Antonio native, walked on to the Texas program after earning a letter and playing in all 11 games as a freshman at the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned a scholarship and two letters at Texas, playing in the 1999 and 2000 Cotton Bowl games. He blocked a school-record four punts during the 1999 season. He was named to the 2000 Spring Semester Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll after earning a 4.0 grade point average.
Dillon earned his bachelor of science degree in corporate communications from Texas in 2000. He also earned a master's degree in education from Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2005.
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