Justin Harper joined Old Dominion as the tight ends coach for the 2022 season.
In his first season at ODU, Harper helped three tight ends catch multiple passes for the Monarch offense, led by Isaiah Spencer who finished fifth on the team with 18 receptions. Zack Kuntz caught 12 passes in five games and two touchdowns before missing the rest of the season with an injury. Donta Anthony also had four catches and was an integral part of the run game.
Harper came to ODU after spending the previous four seasons as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Towson.
While at Towson, Harper helped Shane Leatherbury break the single-season school record for touchdowns and become a two-time All-CAA performer. Harper also helped the Tigers make the 2018 FCS playoffs.
Harper spent the 2017 season at Central State (Div. II, Ohio) coaching the wide receivers.
Prior to that, he was the wide receivers coach and academic coordinator at Virginia State from 2015-16 and became the interim head coach that spring, signing a recruiting class of 17 players, which included three all-rookie performers.
Harper began his coaching career at Lenoir-Rhyne leading the wide receivers from 2013-14.
A 2008 graduate of Virginia Tech, Harper was a four-year letterwinner for the Hokies at wide receiver, catching 83 passes for 1,338 yards and eight touchdowns. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and was on the Ravens from 2008-11. He played in the CFL for two years, seeing action for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and British Columbia Lions.
In his first season at ODU, Harper helped three tight ends catch multiple passes for the Monarch offense, led by Isaiah Spencer who finished fifth on the team with 18 receptions. Zack Kuntz caught 12 passes in five games and two touchdowns before missing the rest of the season with an injury. Donta Anthony also had four catches and was an integral part of the run game.
Harper came to ODU after spending the previous four seasons as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Towson.
While at Towson, Harper helped Shane Leatherbury break the single-season school record for touchdowns and become a two-time All-CAA performer. Harper also helped the Tigers make the 2018 FCS playoffs.
Harper spent the 2017 season at Central State (Div. II, Ohio) coaching the wide receivers.
Prior to that, he was the wide receivers coach and academic coordinator at Virginia State from 2015-16 and became the interim head coach that spring, signing a recruiting class of 17 players, which included three all-rookie performers.
Harper began his coaching career at Lenoir-Rhyne leading the wide receivers from 2013-14.
A 2008 graduate of Virginia Tech, Harper was a four-year letterwinner for the Hokies at wide receiver, catching 83 passes for 1,338 yards and eight touchdowns. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and was on the Ravens from 2008-11. He played in the CFL for two years, seeing action for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and British Columbia Lions.