Cedric Whitaker, Slippery Rock

Cedric Whitaker Jr. joined Slippery Rock as a defensive backs coach in 2023 and became special teams coordinator in 2024. With nine years of NCAA and NFL coaching experience, he helped guide Eddie Faulkner IV and Josh Stokes to All-America and Academic All-America honors in his first season.

Whitaker’s career includes roles at Texas Lutheran, Baylor, Houston Baptist, and the Carolina Panthers, where he contributed to a top-four special teams unit and the NFL’s second-ranked defense in 2021. At Baylor, he helped achieve the Big 12’s third-ranked pass defense in 2018. A former Texas Lutheran standout, he was a four-year letterwinner, three-year starter, and four-time academic all-conference honoree.

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