WASHINGTON – Georgetown University football Head Coach Rob Sgarlata has announced the addition of Nolan Swett and Trey Henderson to the coaching staff. The two have joined the Hoyas during the spring practice schedule as Henderson will serve as GU's special teams coordinator and coach the safeties while Swett will work with the team's receivers. Offensive Coordinator Rob Spence will switch from the receivers to the quarterbacks.
 
"I am very excited to add Nolan and Trey to our staff," Sgarlata said. "Nolan will mentor our receivers and Trey will serve as our special teams coordinator and safeties coach. I would also like to welcome Nolan's wife Laurie and his two daughters Stella and Sawyer, as well as Trey's wife Summers and his two sons Claytor and Corbin to the Hoya football family. Both Nolan and Trey come to the Hilltop with a wealth of experience both on the field and in recruiting. As we complete our staff for the 2019 campaign, we have added two detail-oriented teachers who will serve as thoughtful mentors for our student athletes."
 
Swett comes to Georgetown after spending the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Dickinson College. He helped the Red Devils improve from a one-win team when he arrived to four victories in 2018, coaching four all-conference players and improving the offense in every meaningful statistical category.
 
Prior to Dickinson, Swett was the outside wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator for two seasons at Montana. While he was there, the Grizzlies ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring, passing and total offense.
 
Swett spent five seasons as an assistant coach at the Colorado School of Mines where he coached the Orediggers' tight ends during his first season at Mines, and from 2011-14, he coached the wide receivers and tight ends. In 2014, he also served as Mines' recruiting coordinator. Swett coached three All-American tight ends, eight All-Conference wide receivers and one academic All-American tight end.
 
He spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as the wide receivers coach at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
               
During his four-year collegiate career as a tight end at Colorado College (2004-07), Swett established four records for the Tigers, including single-season touchdown receptions (10), career TD catches (31), career receiving yards (2,758), and career receptions (199). He served as a team captain his senior season and was a First-team All-West Region and First-team All-American selection by d3football.com that season.
 
Swett earned his bachelor's degree in history from Colorado College in 2008. He earned an M.A. in education at Regis University.
 
"I'm extremely excited to be working with such an incredible staff at an institution as prestigious as Georgetown," Swett said. "Coach Sgarlata has built a program that I'm fortunate to be a part of and I can't wait to attack this opportunity and get to work with this group of receivers."
 
Henderson comes to the Hilltop after spending 13 years on the coaching staff at William & Mary, most recently working with the safeties and serving as the recruiting coordinator. In 2016, the Tribe defense led the country in fewest passing yards allowed per game (154.2) and ranked fourth in passing efficiency defense (105.16).
 
He coached four all-conference honors in three seasons with the safeties, including working with the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association co-Defensive Player of the Year and consensus first-team All-American DeAndre Houston-Carson, who was drafted by the Chicago Bears. Henderson also coached cornerback Derek Cox (third round draft pick by Jacksonville Jaguars in 2009), cornerback B.W. Webb (fourth round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 2013) and safety Jerome Couplin III (free agent signee by the Detroit Lions).
 
In addition to his role with the defensive secondary, Henderson also worked with the Tribe's specialists, helping four players earn five all-conference honors, including a pair of first-team all-league picks in 2015. Additionally, placekicker Nick Dorka, Jr. garnered multiple All-America honors in 2015 after ranking fourth nationally in field goals made per game (1.62), 10th in field goal percentage (.840) and 11th in scoring (8.5).
 
Henderson came to William & Mary in 2006 after serving as the defensive backs and wide receivers coach at Hopewell High School in Virginia for three seasons, which included an AAA State Championship in 2003.
 
A four-year letterwinning defensive back at Randolph-Macon College, Henderson started three years in the secondary and was the Yellow Jackets' co-captain in 2001, while also spending three seasons on the baseball team. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from RMC in 2002 and completed a Master's of Science in sport leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2006.
 
"I want to thank Coach Sgarlata for the opportunity to join the Georgetown football program," said Henderson. "I am excited about working with the safeties and special teams units. It is a privilege and honor to be a part of the Georgetown family."