Angelo State University Athletics

Gary Salgado concluded his fifth season as defensive line coach at Angelo State.  

The defensive line shined with Markus Jones and Bright Ihegworo both earned all-region honors for their play. The duo combined for 13 sacks on the season and helped limit teams to just 180.0 yards per game. 

Salgado coached Clayton Callicutt to his second Lone Star Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year award as well as the ASU career sack leader. Callicutt made 11.5 sacks and finished with 31.5 to top the ASU career sack lists that included names like Dane Krager and Pierce Holt. The 11.5 sacks by Callicutt are the third most in a single season.

John Siliga and Jeremy Johnson earned second team All-LSC selections as well. The 2015 defensive line recorded 23.5 of the team’s 27.0 sacks and 68.5 of 92.0 tackles for loss. In 2014, Salgado coached a defensive line that registered 25.0 of the teams 31 sacks on the season while also registering 60 of the team’s 94 tackles for loss. Salgado guided John Siliga to second team All-LSC honors in 2014 and Joey Searcy IV to first team honors in 2013. Callicutt and Kyle Patterson were honorable mention selections in 2013 as well. 

He is no stranger to the Lone Star Conference as he served as linebackers coach at Eastern New Mexico during the 2010 season. Prior to coaching at Eastern New Mexico, Salgado spent two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming. He arrived at Wyoming from Fullerton Community College in Fullerton, Calif., where he served as a defensive assistant coach for four seasons, working with the defensive line and linebackers. His final season at Fullerton, he also coordinated the special teams.

During his four years at Fullerton Community College from 2003-06, the Hornets captured a Mission Conference Championship in 2003, posting a perfect 5-0 conference record and advancing to the finals of the Southern California Junior College playoffs. Salgado also helped coach the Hornets to the 2004 Golden Empire Bowl where they played Bakersfield College. 
Salgado began his college playing career at Fullerton College as a defensive end from 1999-2001. He then continued his college playing career at West Virginia Tech University, an NAIA member school in Montgomery, W.Va. 

Originally from Garden Grove, Calif., Salgado graduated from Los Alamitos High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Chapman University in Orange, Calif., in 2005, and then earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Eastern New Mexico University in 2011.

Salgado married his wife Justine on July 11, 2008. He is the son of Blanca and Gilbert Salgado, and has one brother, Gilbert.