Drew Dayton joined the Duke football staff in the spring of 2006 and works in the capacity of defensive quality control. He served his first three seasons (2006-08) at Duke as a graduate assistant coach.
Dayton spent three years (2003-05) as an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne College, serving as the Bears’ defensive secondary coach, recruiting coordinator and video coordinator.
A 2003 graduate of Wake Forest, Dayton was a three-year letterman on the gridiron and member of two Demon Deacon squads that won bowl games (Aloha Bowl in 1999 & Seattle Bowl in 2002).
A native of Spruce Pine, N.C., Dayton earned a degree in political science from Wake Forest in 2003. He is married to the former Laura Weems of Arlington, Va., and the couple has one son, Wyatt.