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Recruiting Areas:
• North Carolina (Asheville / Western), New Jersey and Tennessee (Eastern)
Dillon Lucas is in his fifth season with the Elon football coaching staff in fall 2021 after joining the program in Feb. 2017 and serves as the team's outside linebackers coach. Previously at Elon, Lucas served as the assistant defensive line coach in 2017 and 2018 before moving to outside linebackers ahead of 2019.
In his time with the defensive line, the 2017 unit recorded 16.5 of the team’s 31 sacks as the Phoenix’s 2.58 sacks per game ranked 28th nationally. In 2018, Elon finished 38th nationally in total defense with 359.1 yards allowed per game. The defensive line also helped Elon finish 15th in the country with 2.91 sacks per game. Marcus Willoughby led the unit with 3.5 sacks on the year. He was named CAA Defensive Player of the Week after Elon's 30-9 win over New Hampshire with nine tackles - six solo - with 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks for a loss of 15 yards before going on to earn Third Team All-CAA Football honors after the season. Tristen Cox also finished fifth in the nation with three recovered fumbles for the season. After Lucas's move to outside linebackers, Willoughby went on to finish his career in maroon and gold as the program's FCS sack king with 16.5 in his career and he signed a free agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens in April 2020.
Before coming to Elon, Lucas spent one season as the linebackers coach at Moravian College in 2016. There, he coached one third-team All-South Region and All-Centennial Conference selection.
Lucas was a standout linebacker at fellow CAA Football member Villanova, where he was the 2011 CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year and a third-team all-conference pick under Elon head coach Tony Trisciani and defensive coordinator Billy Crocker. A finalist for the 2011 Jerry Rice Award, Lucas helped the Wildcats to a pair of FCS Playoff appearances.
Lucas graduated from Villanova with a degree in communications in 2015 and also earned his master's in educational leadership.
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Coaching Experience
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| 2016 |
Linebackers, Moravian |
| 2017-2018 |
Assistant Defensive Line, Elon |
| 2019-Present |
Outside Linebackers, Elon |
