MaLeik Gatewood joins the Griffon football coaching staff as Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs with seven years of coaching experience across the NFL, SEC, NCAA Division III, NJCAA and MIAA levels.
Most recently, Gatewood served as the safeties coach at Missouri Southern State University during the 2025 season. Prior to his time in Joplin, Gatewood was the defensive coordinator at NJCAA Division I Andrew College in Georgia, helping guide the program to a 5-2 record during its inaugural season in 2024.
Gatewood spent the 2023 season as the defensive backs coach at NCAA Division III Amherst College in Massachusetts. During his time with the Mammoths, the defensive backfield led the conference with 201 interception return yards.
From September 2020 through March 2022, Gatewood worked with the New York Giants as a defensive assistant and strength and conditioning intern. Before joining the Giants, he served as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from March 2019 through August 2020, working with the Volunteers' defensive backs.
"MaLeik also brings some really strong experience at different levels of football from the NFL, SEC, DIII, JUCO and the MIAA, which put him on the map in our hiring process," Head Coach Tyler Fenwick said.
