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Coach Derek Welch
Assistant Football Coach
Taylorsville native Derek Welch was named an assistant football coach at East Central Community College in Decatur in February 2015.
Prior to joining the ECCC staff, Welch served as an assistant defensive backs coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.
He has also held similar positions at Kemper County High School in DeKalb and Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Ark.
His experience also includes his service as a Summer Basketball Camp director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in Union City, Tenn.
Welch received his bachelor’s degree in 2012 in health and human performance from the University of Tennessee-Martin where he was a two-year starter at cornerback. Welch and the UT-Martin defense led the league in four categories including total defense, passing defense, passing efficiency defense and first and third-down defense; and were ranked fifth nationally in total defense.
A 2008 graduate of Jones County Junior College, Welch was a two-year letterman for the Bobcats and was selected first team All-State as both a defensive back and wide receiver.
He was also a first team All-State selection at Taylorsville High School, where he graduated in 2007.
