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Boise State Athletics
Football
Cody Von Appen
- Title:
- Defensive Graduate Assistant (DB)
- Email:
- codyvonappen@boisestate.edu
Cody Von Appen joins the Boise State football staff as a graduate assistant ahead of the 2019 season.
Von Appen comes to Boise State from Northern Arizona, where he spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach and graduate assistant. He spent his first two seasons in Flagstaff (2014-15) as a defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with the Lumberjack defensive line in his first season and the linebackers and nickels in 2015.
Von Appen was promoted to a full-time assistant coach role ahead of the 2016 season, and he spent the past three seasons overseeing the Northern Arizona safeties before taking over the secondary prior to coming to Boise State. He was part of a Lumberjack staff that helped lead Northern Arizona to the FCS playoffs in 2017, the sixth FCS/I-AA playoff appearance in program history.
While in charge of the Lumberjack safeties and nickels, Von Appen oversaw the development of a pair of All-Big Sky performers in Kam’ron Johnson and Wes Sutton. Sutton was named to the All-Big Sky First Team in 2017 and the Second Team in 2018, while Johnson was a second-team selection at the end of each campaign.
During his time as a graduate assistant, he helped guide defensive tackle Siupeli Anau to a pair of All-Big Sky honors, including a first-team selection in 2015, as well as linebackers Delvin Batiste and Josh Bamrick being named honorable mention that same season.
Von Appen began his coaching career at his alma mater, Western Oregon, in 2013, where he coached the quarterbacks during the spring season before taking over the running backs group for the fall.
Von Appen spent two seasons as a quarterback at Western Oregon (2011-12), spending one as the starting signal-caller. He played his first two seasons at Eastern Arizona College, where he was a two-year starter at quarterback before transferring to Western Oregon.
Von Appen earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Western Oregon in 2014, and received his Master’s of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona in May 2016.
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Von Appen comes to Boise State from Northern Arizona, where he spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach and graduate assistant. He spent his first two seasons in Flagstaff (2014-15) as a defensive graduate assistant, working primarily with the Lumberjack defensive line in his first season and the linebackers and nickels in 2015.
Von Appen was promoted to a full-time assistant coach role ahead of the 2016 season, and he spent the past three seasons overseeing the Northern Arizona safeties before taking over the secondary prior to coming to Boise State. He was part of a Lumberjack staff that helped lead Northern Arizona to the FCS playoffs in 2017, the sixth FCS/I-AA playoff appearance in program history.
While in charge of the Lumberjack safeties and nickels, Von Appen oversaw the development of a pair of All-Big Sky performers in Kam’ron Johnson and Wes Sutton. Sutton was named to the All-Big Sky First Team in 2017 and the Second Team in 2018, while Johnson was a second-team selection at the end of each campaign.
During his time as a graduate assistant, he helped guide defensive tackle Siupeli Anau to a pair of All-Big Sky honors, including a first-team selection in 2015, as well as linebackers Delvin Batiste and Josh Bamrick being named honorable mention that same season.
Von Appen began his coaching career at his alma mater, Western Oregon, in 2013, where he coached the quarterbacks during the spring season before taking over the running backs group for the fall.
Von Appen spent two seasons as a quarterback at Western Oregon (2011-12), spending one as the starting signal-caller. He played his first two seasons at Eastern Arizona College, where he was a two-year starter at quarterback before transferring to Western Oregon.
Von Appen earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Western Oregon in 2014, and received his Master’s of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona in May 2016.
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