John S. Eder is entering his first season as the assistant head coach of the Hampton University football program, joining first-year head coach Connell Maynor on the Pirates’ staff after four seasons at Winston-Salem State. He will also serve as offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.
Eder’s four seasons at Winston-Salem State were successful, as he helped guide the Rams to a 45-6 mark over that span (29-2 in CIAA play) and three straight CIAA championships. WSSU were national semifinalists at the Div. II level in 2011, and in 2012, the Rams advanced to the Div. II national championship game.
WSSU won HBCU national championships in both 2011 and 2012.
With more than 30 years of coaching experience, Eder came to WSSU following 10 years of service to the Fayetteville State University football program, where he helped the Broncos earn three CIAA championship appearances and capture the 2009 CIAA title in addition to classroom responsibilities that saw him teach in the Department of History for nine years.
At Fayetteville State, he served as the Offensive Coordinator, Assistant Head Coach and the Academic and Financial Aid Coordinator. Eder was responsible for all aspects of the Broncos' offense as well as being charged with leading all of FSU's academic programming for football student-athletes. In addition he was the chief administrator of the Broncos' scholarship budget and all aspects of student financial aid.
Under Eder's leadership the Broncos set new school records in individual game scoring, individual season scoring and total offense and finished in the top two teams in the CIAA in scoring offense, season scoring and individual scoring in each of his 10 years.
He helped to lead Fayetteville State to four postseason appearances, four CIAA championship games, three CIAA titles and an NCAA Playoff appearance during his tenure.
Prior to his 10 seasons at Fayetteville State, Eder served as Offensive Coordinator, Recruiting Coordinator and Coordinator of Academic and Financial Aid at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas for one season.
While at MSU, he helped the Mustangs set school records for individual game scoring, total offense, passing offense and season rushing offense and helped to prepare two student-athletes for professional football careers in the National Football League.
In addition to his on-field duties, Eder also taught in the Midwestern State University Department of Kinesiology and was the chief administrator for the Mustangs' scholarship budget and student-athlete financial aid programs.
Before his brief tenure at MSU Eder spent nine seasons as the Quarterbacks and Receivers Coach and Financial Aid Coordinator at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. under then head coach and current WSSU Director of Athletics, William "Bill" Hayes.
While at N.C. A&T, he led the Aggies to school records in passing yardage, touchdowns and completion percentage and helped to capture an NCAA Division I-AA passing title and mentor the Aggies' all-time leading passer.
Eder helped to guide an Aggie program that earned two conference championships and two NCAA Division I-AA Playoff appearances.
Eder got his start in coaching as the Offensive Line Coach and Head Cross Country Coach at Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Texas in 1977. He then moved on to Elon College in 1978, where he spent three seasons as the wide receivers coach before spending one season at the University of Southern Colorado as the linebackers coach.
Following his tenure at the University of Southern Colorado, he spent eight years as the Offensive Coordinator, Recruiting Coordinator and Academic and Financial Aid Coordinator at Newberry College in Newberry, S.C., before he left for North Carolina A&T State University in 1990.
Eder received a B.A. in History from Guilford College in 1976 and earned an M.Ed. from UNC-Greensboro in 1980. He is a college teammate of WSSU assistant coach Mike Ketchum, as the two played football together while at Guilford College.
Eder is married to his wife, Carmina and the couple have been blessed with five children Jason, Christina, Sarah, Corbin, and Stephen . They are the proud grandparents of four wonderful boys Jeremiah (Blink), Bryson, Silas and Lucas.
A man with an undying passion for not only football but for life, Eder is a cancer survivor who battled, and overcame, leukemia. His cancer has been in remission since December 2008.
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