Boasting more than a decade of progressive college coaching experience, including the last seven years as a coordinator at a fellow New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) institution, Edwyn Edwards has been tabbed to assume leadership of the William Paterson football program as its new head coach.
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Most recently, Edwards served as the defensive coordinator at The College of New Jersey for seven years after stints at King’s College, Salve Regina University, Anna Maria College, and The College of the Holy Cross.
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While at TCNJ, Edwards helped lead the Lions to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2001-02, posting marks of 6-4 during the 2024 and 2025 campaigns. His 2025 charges led the league in scoring defense (19.7 points/game) and total defense (283.4 yards/game), and as part of the 2023 NJAC Co-Coaching Staff of the Year, he spearheaded a unit that finished first in sacks (34, seventh in Division III), red zone defense (21-30, .700) and fourth-down defense (11-28, .393), tied for first in interceptions (15), and second in scoring defense (22.5 points/game).
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The 2022 national leader in tackles for loss (9.2 per game), his Lion defense ranked eighth in Division III in sacks (3.56 per game). During six seasons at TCNJ (2019, 2021-25), Edwards coached 29 all-NJAC selections and four all-region honorees, and he worked directly with the defensive line (2025), defensive backs (2019-24) and linebackers (2021-24) position groups while also fulfilling the role of co-academic coordinator (2019-24).
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Prior to TCNJ, Edwards was the recruiting coordinator and secondary coach at his alma mater, King’s (Pa.) College (2017-19), helping the Monarchs finish among the top three in the conference in pass defense (184.7 yards/game, 2018) and sacks (30, 2018). He was part of the 35th-ranked total offense as the running backs and tight ends coach at Salve Regina (2016-17), as the Seahawks rated eighth in Division III in rushing offense (274.3 yards/game) and 13th in scoring offense (41.2 points/game).
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He started his coaching career as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Anna Maria (2012-14).
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Edwards was a two-year starting safety and a team captain at King’s, earned a spot on the Dean’s List for eight consecutive semesters, and was inducted into the Aquinas Honor Society, Criminal Justice Honor Society and Sociology Honor Society. He served the campus community as a member of both the Student Government and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), was a First-Year Experience co-teacher, and was active with Campus Ministry.
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Edwards earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at King’s in 2011, and a master’s degree in pastoral ministry at Anna Maria in 2015.
