jb lageman

JB Lageman

  • Title
    Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line
  • Email
    lagemanjb@vmi.edu
  • Phone
    540-464-7518
Twitter: @Coach_Lageman

Lageman came to VMI prior to the 2022 season and has been the team's defensive line coach for the past two years, helping Geoffrey Speight earn All-Freshman honors in 2022 and Dorien Starnes earn All-SoCon Second Team recognition in 2023. Starnes (41.0 tackles, 6.5 TFL) and Speight (31.0 tackles, 5.0 TFL) combined for 71 stops last season under Lageman, while players like Hunter Robbins provided consistent reps along the line.

JB Lageman enters his third season as the defensive line coach at VMI.

He comes to VMI from McNeese State where he developed a nationally ranked defensive line unit over two seasons. His fall 2021 unit ranked 28th in rush defense and 13th in total sacks (33) and the Spring 2021 unit ranked sixth nationally in totals sack with 25 and 15th in total tackles for loss with 45.

Lageman served as the defensive line coach at Florida Tech in 2019 and was on the University of Louisville staff for four seasons from 2015-18, serving as both a defensive graduate assistant and defensive quality coach.

He served as the outside linebackers coach for Concord University's 2014 team that went 11-0.

He is a 2013 graduate of West Virginia University where he played on the defensive line from 2009-12.

Coach Wachenheim on Lageman:
"JB Lageman is a proven defensive line coach who coached some of the most productive defensive lineman in Division 1 FCS football. He is a technician who is highly respected throughout the coaching community."