Blake Catlett enters his first year on the Samford football coaching staff. He is responsible for coaching the team’s defensive ends.
Carlett comes to Samford after spending the last four seasons at his alma mater, Middle Tennessee. Catlett was promoted to Director of Player Personnel and Senior Defensive Assistant in February 2024.
During the 2023 season, Catlett was the defensive and special teams quality control for the Blue Raiders working primarily with the linebackers and specialists. In 2021 and 2022, Catlett was a defensive quality control for MTSU working with the linebackers.
In the spring of 2021, Catlett was an offensive quality control coach at Austin Peay. He worked with the tight ends and running backs.
A Jackson, Tenn., native, Catlett played for the MTSU Blue Raiders from 2018 to 2020 as an offensive lineman. He was a part of the 2018 team that won the CUSA East Division title and went on to play in the New Orleans Bowl.
Catlett earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Middle Tennessee in 2020.
