Staff Directory
Jurkovec, Tom
Tom Jurkovec
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- Linebackers Coach
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Tom Jurkovec joined the Lehigh coaching staff in March 2025. He will serve as Lehigh’s linebackers coach.
A Pittsburgh-area native, Jurkovec comes to Lehigh after three seasons at Boston College, including the last two as a graduate assistant working with the defensive line and linebackers. Jurkovec helped BC’s rushing defense grow from a unit that ranked 121st in FBS football in 2023 to one that ranked in the top 25 nationally last season.
In 2021, Jurkovec served as the defensive backs coach at Washington & Jefferson college in Washington, Pa. He mentored a pair of all-conference defensive backs during his time with the Presidents.
Jurkovec’s first coaching position came at his alma mater, Duquesne University, where he worked as the assistant linebackers coach during 2020 and the spring 2021 season, working primarily with the Dukes’ outside linebackers.
As a student-athlete at Duquesne, Jurkovec was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter as a linebacker, and was a member of the Dukes’ 2016 and 2018 NEC championship teams. He was a three-time member of the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Jurkovec graduated from Duquesne in 2020 with degree in business administration with a major in finance, and added a master’s degree in sports administration from Boston College.
A Pittsburgh-area native, Jurkovec comes to Lehigh after three seasons at Boston College, including the last two as a graduate assistant working with the defensive line and linebackers. Jurkovec helped BC’s rushing defense grow from a unit that ranked 121st in FBS football in 2023 to one that ranked in the top 25 nationally last season.
In 2021, Jurkovec served as the defensive backs coach at Washington & Jefferson college in Washington, Pa. He mentored a pair of all-conference defensive backs during his time with the Presidents.
Jurkovec’s first coaching position came at his alma mater, Duquesne University, where he worked as the assistant linebackers coach during 2020 and the spring 2021 season, working primarily with the Dukes’ outside linebackers.
As a student-athlete at Duquesne, Jurkovec was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter as a linebacker, and was a member of the Dukes’ 2016 and 2018 NEC championship teams. He was a three-time member of the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Jurkovec graduated from Duquesne in 2020 with degree in business administration with a major in finance, and added a master’s degree in sports administration from Boston College.
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