2018	2016	2017
Dylan Mabin, DB - First Team	Caleb Ham, SS - First Team	Dylan Mabin, CB - First Team
		Antonio Jackson, SS - Second Team

Darrell Perkins, a former assistant coach at the University of Maryland, was named an assistant football coach at Fordham University in August of 2016. He will again serve as the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the second straight season in 2018 after coaching the corner backs in 2016.

Last fall, Perkins saw Dylan Mabin earn all-Patriot League honors after leading the team with ten pass breakups while the Fordham defense led teh Patriot League in tackles for loss with 7.5/game..

In his second year coaching the safeties in 2017, Perkins saw strong safety Antonio Jackson garner Second Team All-Patriot League honors after leading the team, and ranking second in the league, with four interceptions while also finishing third in total tackles with 63.

In 2016, Perkins guided a Fordham defensive back unit that was tops in the Patriot League, and fifth in the NCAA FCS, in defensive passing efficiency (106.61) and finished third in the league in passes intercepted with 13 which helped the Rams lead the Patriot League and rank 12th in the NCAA FCS in turnovers gained (26).

The 2016 Fordham safeties were led by Caleb Ham, who garnered First Team All-Patriot League honors after tying for the team lead with three interceptions and finishing second with 62 total tackles.

Perkins coached the defensive backs for the Terrapins in 2015 and spent the 2014 season as cornerbacks coach at Old Dominion University, overseeing a senior-laden group led by Eriq Lewis and Reggie Owens. Lewis led the unit with 47 tackles and a sack, while Owens had 26 tackles and a sack.

Perkins coached at Connecticut for four years (2010-13), working with the secondary. While at Connecticut, Perkins helped develop Blidi Wreh-Wilson and Dwayne Gratz, who were both selected in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
 
In 2012, Perkins’ safeties helped the Huskies defense to rank ninth in the country, and first in the BIG EAST, in total defense.
 
In 2010, Perkins helped the Connecticut defense rank tied for fifth nationally in interceptions and rank 28th in the nation in pass efficiency defense. The Huskies went 8-5 that year, winning a share of the BIG EAST and earning a trip to the Fiesta Bowl.
 
Perkins served as the defensive backs coach at Louisiana-Monroe in 2008 and 2009. He helped lead the Louisiana-Monroe defense to the top ranking in the Sun Belt Conference in 2009.
 
Prior to his stint at Monroe, he was the defensive coordinator at Charleston Southern in 2007. He was the linebackers and special teams coach at Northern Colorado in 2006 and was the defensive backs/special teams coordinator at Charleston Southern from 2004-05.
 
In 2004, Charleston Southern was ranked second in the Football Championship Subdivision in pass defense at 131 yards per game.
 
Perkins was the defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Ferris State from 2002-03 as the Bulldogs finished first in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in pass defense at 161 yards per game.
 
Perkins served as a defensive graduate assistant at Purdue in 2000 and 2001. He started his football coaching career at Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., where he was an assistant coach from 1997-99 at his alma mater.
 
He was the head basketball coach at Legacy High School in Fort Collins, Colo., from 1993-96 and led the team to two state playoff appearances.
 
A 1990 graduate of Wyoming where he earned a degree in business marketing, Perkins was a two-year starter at running back for the Cowboys and a three-year letter winner from 1985-89.
 
At Wyoming, Perkins played in the 1987 and 1988 Holiday Bowls and with Purdue coached in the 2001 Rose Bowl, following the Boilermakers’ 2000 Big Ten championship, and the 2001 Sun Bowl.
 
Perkins is married to the former Elena Zbitskaya and the couple has a son, Spencer, who played soccer at Iona.