Al Netter, a former San Francisco 49er and Northwestern University player who coached in the Big 10 three seasons, became Yale's offensive line coach in 2018.
Neter helped Dieter Eiselen and Sterling Strother earn All-Ivy honors in his first campaign at New Haven. Eiselen also went on to earn All-America honors during Yale's 2019 Ivy League Championship season and was then signed by the Chicago Bears.
Netter was promoted to run game coordinator in March of 2020.
Netter, who spent the 2015, 2016 and 2017 campaigns as a Michigan offensive graduate assistant coach, worked with the Wolverines’ offensive line.
Prior to joining the UM staff, Netter played three (2012-14) seasons on the offensive line for the 49ers under head coach Jim Harbaugh, who he later joined at Ann Arbor.Â
Yale’s new coach was a four-year letterman and four-year (2008-11) starter on the offensive line for Northwestern University. He started all 52 career games for the Wildcats, where he helped block for an offense which rolled up 5,417 yards of total offense in 2011.
Netter earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern and master's from Michigan in sports management. He attended Cardinal Newman High School, where he earned All-North Coast Section first-team honors and was an all-region selection by Rivals.com as a senior.
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