Northwestern State University of Louisana

August Mangin returned to Northwestern State prior to the 2014 season with a reputation as an energetic and cerebral special teams coordinator, one that would enliven the third phase of the Demons squad. He will work with the Demons defensive ends as well this season.

After three seasons as Northwestern State’s special teams coordinator, Mangin lived up to that reputation and then some, helping Ed Eagan and Chris Moore etch their names in the school record books while mentoring kicker Eric Piccione’s standout first season at Northwestern State.

Under Mangin, who has worked with some of the more innovative and sound special teams coaches in college football, Eagan easily blew past his own school records, establishing new marks in kickoff returns (45) and kickoff return yardage (1,045) en route to earning second-team Associated Press All-America honors as an all-purpose player and Special Teams Player of the Year honors from the College Sports Network. 

Eagan also became Northwestern State’s all-time leader in kickoff return yardage (2,125).

As a junior, Moore set school single-season records for field goal attempts (26), made extra points (42) and extra point attempts (43). 

Moore’s senior season saw him named to a pair of All-American third teams after connecting on 16 of 19 field goals and 35 of 37 point-after attempts. Moore hit a pair of 52-yard field goals and finished his career as Northwestern State’s all-time leading scorer (248 points) and set the school record for career field goals (45).

Moore’s career finished in 2015, but Mangin helped guide his replacement, Piccione, to a season where the left-footed kicker hit 11 of 15 field goals while averaging 40.3 yards per punt on 48 tries. 

The NSU punt coverage unit, meanwhile, led the NCAA in punt return defense in 2014, allowing just 9 yards of returns all season. In two seasons under Mangin, the Demons have allowed a total of 85 punt return yards.

Prior to beginning his second stint in Natchitoches, Mangin spent two years working alongside current New York Jets special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey while they were on Les Miles’ staff at LSU. McGaughey came to LSU with seven years of NFL experience, including a Super Bowl championship in 2007 with the New York Giants. 

Mangin played at LSU under Bradley Dale Peveto, whose creativity with special teams at LSU was also a trademark of his four seasons as the Demons’ head coach (2009-12). 

???????Mangin was on the Demons’ staff working with Peveto for the 2011 season, coaching tight ends and special teams, and for the past two years worked with special teams and the offensive coaching staff at LSU as the Tigers reached two bowl games, winning the 2014 Outback Bowl and falling in the 2013 Chick-Fil-A Bowl. 

???????Mangin played at LSU from 2005-09 primarily on special teams, helping the Tigers win the 2007 BCS National Championship under head coach Les Miles. He was a fullback and earned two letters after walking on at LSU.

???????Mangin, 30, is a Baton Rouge native and the son of Joseph Mangin and Janet Elizabeth Suggs. He has a younger sister (25) and brother (22). A graduate of Lewisville, Texas, High School, Mangin graduated from LSU in education (K-12) with a concentration in kinesiology. He has a master’s in sport administration from Northwestern State (2012). He spent 2010-11 teaching adapted physical education at Northwestern Elementary in Zachary, outside of Baton Rouge.