Jason Hoskins enters his third season in 2017-18 as the Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach for the Peacock football team. Hoskins came to Upper Iowa in 2015 after five years as an assistant coach with fellow NSIC-member Northern State University. The Dubuque, Iowa native coached the secondary and was the recruiting coordinator for the Wolves.
Prior to his arrival in Aberdeen, S.D., Hoskins served as a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. working with the wide receivers in 2009 and the offensive line in 2008, and also serving as the program’s video coordinator.
Hoskins also made coaching stops at the University of Minnesota Duluth (running backs) and Loras College as a student assistant with the running backs in 2005, tight ends in 2004 and wide receivers in 2002. He coached the defensive backs as a student assistant at Rockford College in Rockford, Ill. in 2003.
Hoskins earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in history and secondary education from Loras in 2005 and is currently working towards his Master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 2001.
