Football
Gatson, Ty
Ty Gatson
- Title:
- Director of Recruiting
Ty Gatson joined the Demon Deacons football staff as the Director of Recruiting ahead of the 2025 season. He came to Winston-Salem following a one-year stint (2024) at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as its tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator.
Gatson joined the Golden Lions after a two-year stint with the San Francisco 49ers. He held the role of scouting assistant with the San Francisco 49ers Front Office for the past two seasons, where he assisted the front office and coaching staff with player acquisitions, transactions, advanced game plan scouting, and evaluating potential college and free agent prospects.
Prior to his time in the Bay Area, Gatson spent the 2021 season with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. During this time, he was tasked with coordinating official and unofficial visits of prospective student-athletes, overseeing the football recruiting department's social media and marketing plan, and organizing recruiting information for the Minnesota football staff.
Before working for Minnesota, Gatson served as the Offensive Line Graduate Assistant at the University of Texas at San Antonio for the 2020 season, coaching the offensive line and assisting with recruiting operations. He was also the Associate Director of Player Personnel for the 2019 season at the University of Arkansas, following his role as a graduate assistant coaching the offensive line in 2018. He began his career at Southern Methodist University, working as an Offensive Assistant with the tight ends.
Gatson's college football career began from 2013 to 2016 at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC, where he started 18 games and was a guard for the 2016 MEAC Championship team, which earned the school's first Celebration Bowl appearance.
Gatson joined the Golden Lions after a two-year stint with the San Francisco 49ers. He held the role of scouting assistant with the San Francisco 49ers Front Office for the past two seasons, where he assisted the front office and coaching staff with player acquisitions, transactions, advanced game plan scouting, and evaluating potential college and free agent prospects.
Prior to his time in the Bay Area, Gatson spent the 2021 season with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. During this time, he was tasked with coordinating official and unofficial visits of prospective student-athletes, overseeing the football recruiting department's social media and marketing plan, and organizing recruiting information for the Minnesota football staff.
Before working for Minnesota, Gatson served as the Offensive Line Graduate Assistant at the University of Texas at San Antonio for the 2020 season, coaching the offensive line and assisting with recruiting operations. He was also the Associate Director of Player Personnel for the 2019 season at the University of Arkansas, following his role as a graduate assistant coaching the offensive line in 2018. He began his career at Southern Methodist University, working as an Offensive Assistant with the tight ends.
Gatson's college football career began from 2013 to 2016 at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC, where he started 18 games and was a guard for the 2016 MEAC Championship team, which earned the school's first Celebration Bowl appearance.
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