Aaron Cloud, a former NCAA Division III football player and an experienced coach at the level, enters his second season as Pacific’s special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. In addition to his on-field work, Cloud will also work as the Boxers’ video coordinator.
Cloud developed a young group in wide receivers and special teamers in the Boxers’ first season. Under his tutelage, the Boxers finished fourth in the Northwest Conference in passing offense and helped coach Jordan Fukumoto to Second Team All-NWC honors. On special teams, Cloud saw Kelson Kawai and London Amorin ranked in the NWC’s top-5 in kick return average and helped mentor kicker Jon Lee rank lead the league leaders in field goal scoring.
Prior to Pacific, Cloud spent the last three seasons coaching at the University of La Verne, a Division III program in La Verne, Calif. He spent the 2009 season as co-defensive coordinator while also working with the outside linebackers and special teams. Cloud’s previous two seasons were spent as a graduate assistant coach, serving primarily as the Leopards’ wide receivers coach, special teams coach and also as video coordinator.
Cloud made the return to Division III after spending the first five seasons of his career at the high school level. He spent three seasons at Sweet Home (Ore.) High School, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. Cloud spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as a wide receivers coach at Mt. Spokane (Wash.) High School.
A 2003 graduate of Whitworth, Cloud played three seasons with the Pirates, from 1999 to 2001. He also spent two seasons running sprints and hurdles for the Pirates’ track and field team.
A native of Albany, Ore., Cloud, 30, earned his degree from Whitworth in history education and earned his master’s in leadership and management from La Verne in 2009.
