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Entering his fourth year at MSU, Todd Edwards serves as Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes as well as Head Academic Coordinator for the Spartan football program. His primary responsibility is overseeing academic support, which includes detailed monitoring of degree progress and eligibility. He also assists with the overall management of the unit and supervises academic coordinators that serve the other MSU sport programs.
Over the last three seasons (2004-06), Spartan Football has produced 47 Academic All-Big Ten selections, including a school-record and Big Ten-best 18 in the 2005 season. Two former Spartan leaders, center Chris Morris and quarterback Drew Stanton, also received Academic All-America accolades in ’05.
Prior to arriving in East Lansing, Edwards served as Academic Coordinator for the football program at Colorado State University (1998-2004). During his time there, the Rams had 78 Academic All-Conference selections as well as six Academic All-America picks. From 1989-97, he coached football at Southern Illinois, Colorado State, Oklahoma, South Dakota Tech and Westmar (Iowa).
A native of Stroud, Oklahoma, Edwards earned a B. A. in Business Administration and Economics in 1989 from Tabor College ( Kansas), where he was a three-year starter as a defensive lineman. He holds an M. Ed. in Education and Human Resource Studies from Colorado State University. He and his wife, Kari, have four children: Jack, Sam, Ella and Anthony.
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