Meet Defensive Outside Linebackers Coach James Lenahan

Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham University football squad features a number of new faces on the sidelines in 2018 as, along with new head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams welcome eight new assistant coaches to Rose Hill. This spring we'll get to know the new coaches, today learning about outside linebackers coach James Lenahan.
 
Lenahan arrives at Fordham after serving as the Defensive Assistant/Assistant Defensive Line Coach at Yale in 2017 where he worked with Conlin and Fordham defensive coordinator Paul Rice.  At Yale he was responsible for weekly full opponent film breakdown, assisting the defensive line coach during individual periods, creating and editing the defensive playbook and new installations and assisting the defensive coordinator in drawing all scout cards and running the scout team during practice.
 
Prior to his stay in New Haven, Lenahan was a graduate assistant coach at Utica College in 2015 and 2016, guiding the cornerbacks in his first year with the Pioneers and the outside linebackers during his second. He handled daily positional meetings, and structured individual periods during practice and assisted the defensive coordinator with defensive pass game schematics based on weekly opponents. Lenahan also was responsible for weekly opponent breakdowns with other graduate assistants and assisting on all aspects of special teams in accordance to the head coach. He also served as the junior varsity defensive coordinator/head coach in 2016.
 
A 2015 graduate of Utica College where he received a degree in cyber security, Lenahan was a three-year starter for the Pioneers. He was named to the Empire 8 All-Conference Team in 2013 and 2014 and was voted defensive player of the year by his coaches and teammates in 2012. He holds school career records for most interception returns yards (172) and interceptions/game while his six interceptions in 2014 is the second best single season total at Utica.