Football
Thomas Wells
- Title:
- Special Teams Analyst
- Email:
- football@msu.edu
- Phone:
- 355-1647
Thomas Wells is in his second year on the Spartan football staff as a special teams analyst in 2023.
Wells arrived in East Lansing from Kansas, where he served as a defensive quality control assistant for the Jayhawks for two seasons (2020-21).
Wells previously worked for head coach Mel Tucker and special teams coordinator Ross Els at Colorado during the 2019 season as a defensive quality control assistant. He joined Tucker in Boulder after coaching at Stetson in 2018-19, working with the safeties and serving as the Hatters’ recruiting coordinator before moving to linebacker and special teams coordinator in the spring of 2019.
Prior to Stetson, Wells spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Kentucky (2016-17), working closely with then-UK defensive coordinator Matt House and the inside linebackers.
Wells was a defensive intern at Eastern Kentucky in 2015, assisting the defense and special teams.
He earned his master’s degree in sport and organizational management from Wayne State (Neb.) College in 2015 while serving as a graduate assistant and outside linebackers coach for the Wildcats from 2013-15. He also spent time during the summers of 2014 and 2015 as an intern in the Nebraska football operations office.
Wells first started coaching at Boone Central Schools in Albion, Nebraska, leading the defense, linebackers and specials teams units for three years (2010-12). He helped the Cardinals to the second round of the state playoffs in 2010 and a state runner-up finish in 2012.
Wells was a four-year letterwinner (2006-09) at linebacker for Chardon State, helping lead the Eagles to three straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships (2006, 2007, 2008) and three consecutive playoff appearances.
Following graduation, Wells played defensive end and linebacker for three seasons (2011-13) for the Sioux City Bandits indoor football team in Sioux City, Iowa; his team won back-to-back American Professional League Championships (2011-12) with an undefeated 24-0 combined record.
A native of Albion, Nebraska, Wells is married to the former Sarah Jones, and the couple has a daughter, Adalynn (4), and an infant son, Charles.
Wells arrived in East Lansing from Kansas, where he served as a defensive quality control assistant for the Jayhawks for two seasons (2020-21).
Wells previously worked for head coach Mel Tucker and special teams coordinator Ross Els at Colorado during the 2019 season as a defensive quality control assistant. He joined Tucker in Boulder after coaching at Stetson in 2018-19, working with the safeties and serving as the Hatters’ recruiting coordinator before moving to linebacker and special teams coordinator in the spring of 2019.
Prior to Stetson, Wells spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Kentucky (2016-17), working closely with then-UK defensive coordinator Matt House and the inside linebackers.
Wells was a defensive intern at Eastern Kentucky in 2015, assisting the defense and special teams.
He earned his master’s degree in sport and organizational management from Wayne State (Neb.) College in 2015 while serving as a graduate assistant and outside linebackers coach for the Wildcats from 2013-15. He also spent time during the summers of 2014 and 2015 as an intern in the Nebraska football operations office.
Wells first started coaching at Boone Central Schools in Albion, Nebraska, leading the defense, linebackers and specials teams units for three years (2010-12). He helped the Cardinals to the second round of the state playoffs in 2010 and a state runner-up finish in 2012.
Wells was a four-year letterwinner (2006-09) at linebacker for Chardon State, helping lead the Eagles to three straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships (2006, 2007, 2008) and three consecutive playoff appearances.
Following graduation, Wells played defensive end and linebacker for three seasons (2011-13) for the Sioux City Bandits indoor football team in Sioux City, Iowa; his team won back-to-back American Professional League Championships (2011-12) with an undefeated 24-0 combined record.
A native of Albion, Nebraska, Wells is married to the former Sarah Jones, and the couple has a daughter, Adalynn (4), and an infant son, Charles.
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