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Elon, N.C. – Former Elon All-American Warren Messer has been named an assistant football coach, as announced by head coach Tony Trisciani Friday. Messer replaces Mario Acitelli, who left recently for another coaching opportunity.
Messer will coach the cornerbacks at Elon and Trisciani has announced other staff responsibility adjustments as well. Dillon Lucas, the outside linebackers coach, will add the role as special teams coordinator. Arketa Banks will move from coaching the cornerbacks to overseeing the tight ends and the punt return unit. Chris Young, the wide receivers coach, will also coach the kick return unit for the Phoenix.
"Adjusting to a staff change a week away from kickoff is challenging, but we were able to move quickly in a direction that maintains consistency and familiarity for our players," Trisciani said. "Warren had an outstanding career as a linebacker and it was his preparation and football IQ that got him to the ball so fast. He was like a coach on the field his last two years and he jumped right into the profession after graduation. He is a football junkie whose passion for the game can be contagious."
Messer has been a graduate assistant for the defense at Liberty since March of 2020. Prior to that, he was an inside linebackers coach at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, N.C. for the 2019 season. He helped Leesville Road to a 13-1 record and coached a pair of players who earned all-league honors.
A 2019 Elon graduate in sport management, Messer was a four-year linebacker for the Phoenix (2015-18), finishing his career with 318 tackles (10th in program history), 29.0 tackles for loss and 13.0 sacks (tied for second in school history). He was a STATS FCS All-America in both 2017 and 2018 as Elon went to the FCS playoffs. In 2017, Messer finished 10th in the final voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, given to the top defensive player in the country. Messer was also a two-time First Team All-CAA Football selection, the first such two-time selection during the program's CAA tenure. In 2019, he spent time in camp with the Minnesota Vikings.
Messer will coach the cornerbacks at Elon and Trisciani has announced other staff responsibility adjustments as well. Dillon Lucas, the outside linebackers coach, will add the role as special teams coordinator. Arketa Banks will move from coaching the cornerbacks to overseeing the tight ends and the punt return unit. Chris Young, the wide receivers coach, will also coach the kick return unit for the Phoenix.
"Adjusting to a staff change a week away from kickoff is challenging, but we were able to move quickly in a direction that maintains consistency and familiarity for our players," Trisciani said. "Warren had an outstanding career as a linebacker and it was his preparation and football IQ that got him to the ball so fast. He was like a coach on the field his last two years and he jumped right into the profession after graduation. He is a football junkie whose passion for the game can be contagious."
Messer has been a graduate assistant for the defense at Liberty since March of 2020. Prior to that, he was an inside linebackers coach at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, N.C. for the 2019 season. He helped Leesville Road to a 13-1 record and coached a pair of players who earned all-league honors.
A 2019 Elon graduate in sport management, Messer was a four-year linebacker for the Phoenix (2015-18), finishing his career with 318 tackles (10th in program history), 29.0 tackles for loss and 13.0 sacks (tied for second in school history). He was a STATS FCS All-America in both 2017 and 2018 as Elon went to the FCS playoffs. In 2017, Messer finished 10th in the final voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, given to the top defensive player in the country. Messer was also a two-time First Team All-CAA Football selection, the first such two-time selection during the program's CAA tenure. In 2019, he spent time in camp with the Minnesota Vikings.
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