Former Mauldin High Football Player Now a Wofford Coach

Ken Adelman, a former Mauldin High tight end, has been been the named the new linebackers coach at Wofford College.

Adelman spent the past season as defensive coordinator at Brevard (N.C.) College. Adleman joined the Brevard College staff in 2011 as inside linebackers coach. He was promoted to defensive coordinator for the 2012 season. He coached Michael Gruber, who was a first-team All-SAC linebacker and set a Brevard College single-season record with 117 tackles.

Adelman's move is a definite step up. Brevard College, an NCAA Division II school, only began its football program in 2006. Adelman, a former outside linebacker at Wofford, will be moving into a Division I powerhouse that has vied for national championships in recent years under the leadership of head coach Mike Ayers.

As a player at Wofford, he sat out the 2005 season after transferring from Presbyterian College in Clinton where he played for two seasons. In 2006, Adleman started all 11 games at outside linebacker and was fourth on the team with 66 total tackles. He was the team leader with three interceptions, including one returned 76-yards for a touchdown.

During the 2007 season, he started all thirteen games at outside linebacker and was second on the team with 67 tackles. Adleman also had two interceptions, 3.5 tackles for loss, and a fumble recovery, as the Terriers won the Southern Conference Championship. The team won 23-22 at Montana in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs.

He was named to the Southern Conference Fall All-Academic team twice and also was a member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. In 2007 he was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District team and was a Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star.