Kyle Segler is in his first season on the McNeese staff after spending the 2024 season as an offensive quality control coach at Baylor, rejoining Matt Viator who he worked with at ULM in 2018.
Prior to Baylor, Segler spent the 2023 season as an assistant coach working with the offensive line at ULM in his second stint with the Warhawks which he rejoined in 2022. He previously served on the staff at Sam Houston from 2010-17, spanning eight years, and spent two seasons as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Marshall, as well as a season as the tight ends coach at UMass.
In 2023 at ULM, Segler coached a pair of All-Sun Belt Conference selections on the offensive line at ULM, Zarian McGill and Elijah Fisher, and the offensive line unit was voted as the tops in the Sun Belt Conference by College Football Network. Zarian McGill, Keydrell Lewis and Tellek Lockette were each named 2nd team All-Sunbelt Conference on the offensive line. McGill and Lockette posted improvements in their Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grades by upwards of 30 points each from the 2022 to 2023 season.
Segler coached tight ends and coordinated the special teams at Marshall in 2019-20. Both seasons, he helped coach an All-Conference Tight End Armani Levias (2nd team All-CUSA 2019) and Xavier Gaines (1stteam All-CUSA 2020). During his tenure with the Herd they had great success going 8-5 in 2019 – including 6-2 in Conference USA play – and 7-3, including 4-1 in league in 2020.
While he was at Sam Houston, the Bearkats went on a historic run, posting a combined record of 86-27 (.761) from 2010-17, including three Southland Conference Championships and seven consecutive NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoff appearances. The Bearkats won at least 11 games in six of those eight seasons, including the last four in a row.
During his tenure in Huntsville, Segler worked for four years each under Willie Fritz (2010-13) and K.C. Keeler (2014-17). Since joining the Bearkat staff in 2010, he coached the offensive tackles and tight ends, and in 2016, he added the duties as special teams coordinator.
In 2017, the Kats went 12-2, finished second in the Southland standings at 8-1, advanced to the NCAA FCS semifinals and ranked third and fourth in final FCS Coaches and STATS Polls, respectively. Sam Houston led the FCS in scoring offense (43.3 points per game), total offense (538.1 yards per game) and passing offense (362.7 ypg.). The Kats also ranked among the national leaders in blocked kicks (tied for second with 8) and punt returns (sixth with 14.9 avg.), including three returns for touchdowns. Davion Davis averaged 21.6 yards on 13 punt returns, including two TDs. Jaylen Harris finished third in the Southland and ranked No. 24 in kickoff returns with his 23.8-yard average, including one score. Kicker Tre Honshtein led the FCS with a school-record 22 field goals and tied for the nation's lead win scoring with 132 points.
In 2016, Sam Houston led the FCS in total offense (547.3 ypg.) and scoring offense (49.5 ppg.) while finishing second in passing offense (368.3 ypg.) and fourth in passing efficiency (165.7 rating). The Kats also led the Southland in kickoff coverage (43.4 net avg.) and ranked second in both kickoff returns (23.2 avg.) and punting (38.1 net avg.). Joseph Figenshaw was named first-team All-Southland after leading the league in punting average at 44.2 while Jaylen Harris earned second-team all-conference honors after producing a school single-season record 1,020 kickoff return yards.
In 2015, the Bearkats led the FCS in total offense (531.7 ypg.) and ranked among the nation's Top 10 in scoring offense (fifth at 41.1 ppg.) and rushing offense (254.5 ypg.). Sam Houston set the Southland single-season record with 7,975 yards total offense – the third-highest single-season total in FCS history.
Segler helped developed four All-Americans (five selections overall): Chris Crockett (2011), Travis Watson (2011), Kaleb Hopson (2012) and Donald Jackson III (2014-15). He also tutored seven first-team All-Southland selections, including Crockett (2011), Watson (2011), Hopson (2012), tight end T.J. Jones (2012) and Jackson (2013-14-15). In 2015, Jackson also was selected Southland Offensive Tackle of the Year.
In his first two seasons at Sam Houston, Segler's offensive linemen paved the way for a unit that broke 35 school records.
Prior to returning to his alma mater, he spent the 2009 season coaching at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, helping relaunch a football program that was discontinued in 1945.
Segler was an offensive lineman on Sam Houston's team that won a share of the Southland regular-season title, advanced to the FCS semifinals and finished 11-3. He earned two degrees from Sam Houston, receiving his bachelor's in kinesiology in 2006 and his Master's in sports management in 2010.
