Early returns for his 12th season at Middlebury and his eighth season overseeing the offensive line. The team’s offensive coordinator previously coached the defensive line.

He began his collegiate coaching career in 1996 at the University of Chicago working with the tight ends. Following two years in Illinois, Early moved to Hamilton College where he coached the receivers and special teams and was an assistant baseball coach for the Continentals. In 1999, he moved on to coach the wide receivers at Brockport before going to Swarthmore College, in 2000, to coach the running backs and special teams.

The Schenectady, New York, native graduated from the University at Albany and played offensive line for the Great Danes. He holds an undergraduate degree in rhetoric and communication, along with a master’s degree in education from Peru State.

During the winter and spring seasons at Middlebury, Early works as an assistant in the Athletic Communications Office.