Rich Nagy

Richard Nagy joins the Lehigh football program as the Mountain Hawks defensive coordinator for the 2023 season. A coaching veteran with more than 35 years of experience at the Division I and Division III levels, Nagy comes to Lehigh following three seasons as the head coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.

In his three seasons at Allegheny, Nagy mentored 13 all-conference student-athletes. He came to Allegheny following six seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Old Dominion. At ODU, Nagy coached a first-team All-Conference USA defender in each of his final three seasons, including Oshane Ximines, who twice set the Old Dominion single season sack record before eventually being drafted by the New York Giants. Nagy was also on staff for ODU’s win at the 2016 Bahamas Bowl.