Greg McMahon
Greg McMahon is a retired American football coach who was most recently the special teams coordinator for the Tulane Green Wave. He is the former special teams coordinator at Louisiana State University.
Playing career
A native of Rantoul, Illinois, McMahon was a defensive back for Eastern Illinois, graduating in 1982.Coaching career
McMahon began his coaching career at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois, in 1982. From 1983–1984, he coached at the Minnesota [Golden Gophers football|University of Minnesota] and at the University of North Alabama from 1985–1987. He then moved on to two one-year coaching stints at Southern Illinois in 1988 and Valdosta State in 1989.From 1990–1991, McMahon was the tight end, offensive tackle and special teams coach for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. McMahon then spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach at the Illinois [Fighting Illini football|University of Illinois] as a wide receiver and tight end/special teams coach. He then spent one year as tight end/special teams coach at East Carolina in 2005.
New Orleans Saints
McMahon moved to the NFL as the assistant special teams coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2006–2007 and special teams coordinator from 2008–2016.LSU
In 2017, McMahon became the special teams consultant at LSU. On January 12, 2018, he was named special teams coordinator at LSU.McMahon retired from coaching following the 2021 season.