Stetson University football has announced the hiring of Thomas Wells as defensive backs coach.
 
Wells joins the Hatters after spending the past two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant / quality control coach with the University of Kentucky. While with the Wildcats, Wells was a part of a coaching staff that saw Kentucky become bowl eligible for the first time in seven seasons when it played in the Tax Slayer Bowl in 2016.
 
"We are very pleased to have added Thomas Wells to our staff," head coach Roger Hughes said. "He brings a wealth of defensive knowledge and has experience coaching and recruiting at the highest collegiate levels."
 
Prior to Kentucky, Wells served as defensive intern at Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 season where he assisted the defensive coaching staff with practice and game plans, while facilitating linebacker drills in practice and on game days.
 
Before that, Wells served at Wayne State College from 2013 to 2014 where he was a graduate assistant coach for outside linebackers.
 
Wells' coaching experience also includes serving as football operations intern at the University of Nebraska football camp (2014 & 2015), defensive / linebackers / special teams coach at Boone Central Schools (2010-13) and linebackers coach at Chadron State College football camp (2007-09).
 
"I'm super excited to get my career at Stetson underway, I have been a graduate assistant the past couple of years, and to have a fulltime role here, it's very exciting," Wells said. "The other coaches on staff have been great and very welcoming, and I am looking forward to working with them as well as the great group of student-athletes on this team."
 
Prior to coaching, Wells played semiprofessional in the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) League for the Sioux City Bandits from 2011-13. While with the Bandits, Wells played linebacker and during that time, the team went undefeated en route to winning the league championship during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
 
A native of Albion, Neb.,Wells is a 2010 graduate of Chadron State, where he was a team member for four seasons. In 36 career games he made 75 tackles and scored three defensive touchdowns. While with Chadron State, the Eagles won three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships.