A record-setting quarterback during his college career, Kyle Washington is in his first season as the quarterbacks coach at Northwestern State after joining the staff in January 2022.Â
After spring practice, Washington was invited to participate in the 2022 Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Indianapolis Colts in July and August.
Washington, a standout quarterback at Angelo State, comes to NSU after two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Franklin Pierce, a Division II school in New Hampshire.
With Washington on staff, the Ravens saw their offense enjoy an increase of 148 yards per game and an additional 115 rushing yards per game upon his arrival. While coaching quarterbacks and running backs in addition to his coordinator duties, Washington helped running back EJ Burgess rank fifth nationally in all-purpose yards per game (161.5) while earning All-Super Region One first-team acclaim and Northeast 10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Washington’s addition to the NSU staff means a return to the Southland Conference for Washington, who spent the 2019 season as an offensive quality control coach at McNeese, focusing on quarterbacks. While at McNeese, Washington oversaw video breakdowns of opposing defenses, conducted individual drills for Cowboy quarterbacks and implemented the scheme for the scout team defense.Â
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant working with running backs at Angelo State, his alma mater.
During his playing career at Angelo State, Washington was a semifinalist for the Harlan Hill Trophy – the Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy as a junior in 2014.
In his senior season, Washington quarterbacked a Rams offense that led Division II with an average of 560 yards per game, producing an average of 411 yards per game himself. He earned his second straight All-American nod from D2Football.com that season and repeated as the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
A three-time All-LSC honoree and three-time team captain, Washington helped lead Angelo State to a Lone Star Conference Playoff championship and a berth in the 2014 Division II national playoffs. He was the San Angelo Standard Times’ Sportsman of the Year in 2014 and made the first of two appearances on the Don Hansen All-Super Region Four Team.
In 2013, his first year as a starter, Washington became the first ASU player to throw for more than 2,000 yards and rush for more than 1,000 yards in the same season.
His Angelo State career made him the Most Valuable Player on the Standard Times’ All-Decade Team, selected in 2020.
Following his decorated college career, Washington participated in rookie mini-camp with the Philadelphia Eagles and was a training camp participant with the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.
