Northwestern State University of Louisana

In his second season on the Northwestern State staff, Tyson Wachenheim remains in charge of the Demon special teams units while also adding the responsibility of coaching wide receivers.

Wachenheim's first season at Northwestern saw redshirt freshman punter Cooper Evans earn the first Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week award of the 2025 season.

Fellow punter Zack Stone added a season-long, 71-yard boot that placed him in a tie for the sixth-longest punt in school history.

The son of a longtime football coach, Wachenheim’s latest stop on his football journey brought him to Northwestern State as the Demons’ special teams coordinator in 2025.

Wachenheim joined Blaine McCorkle’s staff in December after two seasons at Towson where he coached the Tigers’ tight ends.

Under Wachenheim’s instruction, Carter Runyon twice earned All-American honors from The Associated Press as well as All-CAA acclaim.

In two seasons, Runyon caught 88 passes for 1,051 yards and nine touchdowns.

Wachenheim spent the 2022 season at Belhaven, coaching tight ends under McCorkle.

Wachenheim was part of an offensive staff that put together the No. 4 rushing attack in the country and the No. 12 red-zone offense nationally.

Wachenheim spent two seasons at Indiana as a graduate assistant, working with quarterbacks and wide receivers.

He was part of a Hoosiers staff that helped Indiana deliver a signature win against nationally ranked Penn State in 2020 while working with eventual first-round NFL Draft pick Michael Penix.

Showcasing his versatility, Wachenheim worked with the defense during his graduate assistantship at Georgia Tech for three seasons.

Wachenheim began his coaching career as the tight ends coach at VMI where he coached first-team All-Southern Conference tight end Ryan Swingle.

A 2015 Christopher Newport graduate in American studies, Wachenheim earned his master’s degree in building construction and facilities management from Georgia Tech in December 2019.

Wachenheim and his wife, Amanda, have a son, Elliott.