Scottie
Hazelton begins his second season as the defensive coordinator and
linebackers coach at North Dakota State University. He directed the
Bison defensive unit’s dramatic turnaround in 2010. NDSU ranked 7th
nationally in both scoring defense (18.21 ppg) and turnover margin
(+1.07 avg.), and 15th in pass efficiency defense and 19th in sacks.
It’s his sixth year in the program. Hazelton was defensive line coach
for NDSU from 2007-09. He was a former graduate assistant for the Bison
in 2000 and 2001. Hazelton worked closely with Casey "Gus" Bradley, who
is currently defensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks and former
NDSU assistant coach when he began his career.
Hazelton has been a part of several impressive defensive coaching staffs
since coming back to Fargo. In the 2008, North Dakota State led the
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in pass defense
(116.82 ypg), and ranked 3rd in sacks (3.36 avg/g), 5th in total defense
(254 ypg) and tackles for loss (8.55 avg/g), and 19th in scoring
defense (19.18 ypg).
In the 2007 FCS statistics, the Bison were ranked 18th in defensive
third down efficiency (33.3 percent) and 22nd in rushing defense (126.5
ypg).
Hazelton was the linebackers coach at Michigan Tech in 2006 after
spending two seasons as the co-defensive coordinator at Missouri
Southern State. He was also the defensive backs coach for two seasons at
St. Olaf College in Minnesota
He played collegiate football at Fort Lewis College in Colorado and
began his coaching career there in 1996 working with the defensive
secondary and serving as interim defensive coordinator.
Hazelton was a graduate assistant at NDSU for two seasons under then
Bison head coach and current Chicago Bears assistant Bob Babich before
moving on to St. Olaf.
Scott and his wife, Brooke, have two daughters, Ava and Sophie, and a son, Bode West.
