Hobart and William Smith Colleges Athletics

Colin Schaeffer joined the Hobart football coaching staff prior to the start of the 2024 season. He will serve as the linebackers coach and brings coaching experience in all three NCAA divisions, most recently at Division I Bucknell.

Schaeffer's first season in Geneva was a highly-successful one for the special teams units. Hobart set single season records for most field goals made (15) and highest yards per punt (43.58). The Statesmen kickoff return unit averaged 23.23 yards per return, the third highest in program history. Schaeffer served as a mentor to Liberty League Special Teams Player of the Year Tobias Wefering as well as All-American punter Vicente Lyon.
 
Schaeffer coached the defensive line and linebackers during his three seasons with the Bison. He also served as the special teams coordinator in 2022 and 2023. Last season, Bucknell led the Patriot League and ranked 11th in the Football Championship Subdivision in blocked punts with four. He mentored two 2023 All-Patriot League selections, including the first team return specialist.
 
Schaeffer moved to Lewisburg after two years coaching the linebackers at Cortland. In 2019, he helped the Red Dragons to an 8-3 record and a berth in the New York State Bowl against Hobart.
 
Schaeffer began his coaching career as a volunteer linebacker coach for his alma mater Juniata’s spring practice in 2016. That fall, he joined the staff at Muhlenberg as outside linebackers coach. Schaeffer helped mold a defensive that ranked 12th in Division III against the run in 2017. During his two seasons in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Mules were a combined 17-5 and earned back-to-back bowl bids, capturing the 2017 Bushnell Bowl Championship. He developed three all-conference and one D3football.com All-Region linebackers at Muhlenberg.
 
In 2018, Schaeffer was an assistant defensive line coach and defensive quality control coach at Division II Seton Hill.
 
Schaeffer graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management from Juniata in 2016. He played four seasons on the defensive line for the Eagles. Schaeffer and his teammates earned a postseason bid in 2013, playing in the ECAC Southwest Bowl. He was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society for his performance in the classroom and on the gridiron.