BREVARD, N.C. - Throughout the Fall, the Brevard College Department of Athletics will be highlighting its staff members in a tri-weekly Staff Highlight Series, giving members of the Athletic Administration and Coaching Staff the opportunity to introduce themselves to the BC community through a series of questions and biographical elements. 

Next up in BC's Staff Highlight Series is Brevard College Football Defensive Line Coach/Alumni Relations Axel Easter, a former football student-athlete at BC.

bctornados.com: What has been your favorite professional memory?

Coach Easter: Winning the 2019 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl in Pittsburgh last season. 

bctornados.com: What makes Brevard College a special place?

Coach Easter: The BC community makes Brevard a special place! 

bctornados.com: Who has been the biggest influence in your professional career?

Coach Easter: Justin Jefferson. He was the person that recruited me to Brevard and my position coach my freshman year! We have always stayed in contact and he looked out for me like a big brother and still currently does! His impact on me is the reason I wanted to become a coach! 

bctornados.com: What is some advice you would give to young people looking to get into the profession?

Coach Easter: Be diligent and persistent in your ambitions. 

Coach Easter pre-snap for the Tornados during his playing days.

Axel Easter, a 2019 graduate of Brevard College, enters his second season on staff with the Tornados in the 2020-21 season. Easter serves as the Defensive Line Coach for the Tornado football team while also handling Alumni Relations. 

Over the course of the 2019 season, Easter worked with a defense that set several program records and earned conference and national accolades en route to an 8-2 season and a victory in the 2019 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl. Brevard's defense led the USA South and set a new program-record by allowing just 13.3 points-per-game. The Tornados set program records and led the conference in turnovers (25) and interceptions (21) - while BC's 19 interceptions in the regular season ranked tied-for-third in all of NCAA DIII football. Moreover, Brevard allowed the third-fewest rushing yards-per-game in the regular season and scored four touchdowns on defense, which was tied for the lead in the USA South. During the regular season, BC's defense did not surrender a touchdown to the opposition in four of its nine games. Under Easter's tutelage, the Tornados had one defensive lineman named to the USA South All-Conference team when Louis Williams III earned a Second-Team nod following the 2019 season. 

Easter graduated from Brevard College in the Spring of 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in Business and Organizational Management. 

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