AndrewCoverdale

Andrew Coverdale joined Will Stein’s inaugural staff as the passing game coordinator in 2026. He also works with Justin Burke and the tight ends. He reunited with Stein at Kentucky after first coaching him as a standout quarterback at Trinity High School, bringing their long-standing relationship full circle.

Coverdale came to UK after two seasons (2024–25) as the senior offensive analyst at Louisville, where he worked closely with the quarterbacks, most notably current New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough and Miller Moss.

The veteran assistant high school coach is well known throughout the region, having won 12 state championships and one national title between his time at Trinity in Louisville, Ky. and St. Xavier in Cincinnati.

Serving as the offensive coordinator at Trinity, Coverdale helped lead the Shamrocks to 11 state titles during his 17 seasons, highlighted by a national title in 2011.

Stein, who was a quarterback and wide receiver under Coverdale from 2006-07, threw for 3,697 yards and a school record 54 touchdowns, helping lead the Shamrocks to the 2007 state title.

Coverdale also oversaw the prep careers of two of the most accurate passing seasons in Trinity history. Cam Smyth completed 74.8 percent of his throws in 2008 and Nick Bohn finished with a 79.9 percent completion rate in 2017.

Following his time at Trinity, Coverdale became the offensive coordinator at St. Xavier in Cincinnati, helping the Bombers win two Greater Cincinnati League championships (2020 and 2021) and the 2020 Ohio Division I state championship.

He began his coaching career in Indiana at the high school level, serving as an assistant coach at Harrison, Northwestern and Noblesville High Schools from 1993–95. In 1996, he moved to the collegiate ranks as an assistant coach at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., where he worked with the quarterbacks and tight ends. He later returned to the high school level as head coach at Brown County High School (Ind.) from 1997–98 and at Castle High School in Newburgh, Ind., from 2003–05.

Coverdale, a native of Noblesville, Ind., graduated from LSU in 1993 with a degree in secondary education and earned his master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of the Cumberlands in 2018.

Andrew is married to his wife of 13 years, Milli. He has three children: Oberon, William, and Chloe.

Andrew Coverdale’s Coaching Career