Frank Maile


Frank Maile is an American football coach who is currently the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Utah State University. He served as the interim head coach for the Aggies for their bowl game against North Texas in 2018.

Playing career

Maile played at Utah State from 2004 to 2007 as a defensive lineman. He played in 42 games over his career, starting 21 and was named a team captain his senior season.

Coaching career

After his playing career at Utah State ended, Maile spent two years with the Aggies as a graduate assistant working with the defense. He was promoted to the defensive line coach in 2011, spending three seasons in that role before departing to be the defensive line coach at Vanderbilt on Derek Mason's inaugural staff in 2014. Maile was named the assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator, and defensive line coach at Utah State in 2016, spending three seasons in that role. He served as the interim head coach of the Aggies in 2018 after Matt Wells departed the program to be the head coach at Texas Tech. He won his lone game as a head coach, a 52–13 victory over North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl. Following the hire of Utah assistant head coach and former Utah State head coach Gary Andersen, Maile was shifted to the tight ends coach in 2019, but was renamed the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach in 2020 after Justin Ena's demotion from defensive coordinator.

Personal life

Born in West Valley City, Utah, Maile served a three-year mission in the Dominican Republic before playing at Utah State. Maile is married with four children.

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