University of Delaware Athletics
Football
Link, Art
Art Link
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach - Defense and Special Teams / Safeties
- Email:
- artlink@udel.edu
Art Link joined the Delaware coaching staff in December 2021. Prior to the 2024 campaign, Link was promoted from special teams coordinator to UD’s assistant head coach for the defense and special teams units, along with coaching the safeties.
During Link's time in Delaware, he has produced six all-conference selections between special teams (P Ryan Kost and PR Jourdan Townsend), and safeties (Ty Davis, Noah Plack, KT Seay, and Kedrick Whitehead). Whitehead earned All-American honors before signing a UDFA contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the 2023 NFL Draft. In 2025, Whitehead was named All-UFL and received the honor of being the UFL Special Teams Player of the Year.
Link joined the Blue Hens after serving as the head football coach at Christopher Newport University for the previous five seasons. He compiled a 19-22 record and coached two NJAC Defensive Players of the Year, as well as two All-Americans, four all-region players and a total of 42 all-conference honorees.
Prior to Christopher Newport, Link spent three seasons (2014-16) as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Lafayette College. No stranger Ryan Carty, Link spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons as the linebackers coach at the University of New Hampshire, helping lead the Wildcats to the FCS Semifinals in 2013.
Link was the first defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Campbell University when the program was started in 2008. He held that position through the 2011 season, when he helped lead the Camels to their first winning season and the defense ranked 13th nationally in total takeaways.
In 2006, Link was the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at DIII Catholic University. He got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant during the 2004 and 2005 seasons at his alma mater, the University of Florida, where he worked primarily with the linebackers.
A native of Gainesville, Florida, Link played for the Gators from 1996-99, winning an SEC and a national championship in 1996. He played for Head Coach Steve Spurrier and Defensive Coordinator Bob Stoops and was part of teams that played in the Orange Bowl (1999), Citrus Bowl (1998), and Sugar Bowl (1997). Link graduated from Florida with a bachelor of science as well as a master’s in exercise and sports science.
During Link's time in Delaware, he has produced six all-conference selections between special teams (P Ryan Kost and PR Jourdan Townsend), and safeties (Ty Davis, Noah Plack, KT Seay, and Kedrick Whitehead). Whitehead earned All-American honors before signing a UDFA contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the 2023 NFL Draft. In 2025, Whitehead was named All-UFL and received the honor of being the UFL Special Teams Player of the Year.
Link joined the Blue Hens after serving as the head football coach at Christopher Newport University for the previous five seasons. He compiled a 19-22 record and coached two NJAC Defensive Players of the Year, as well as two All-Americans, four all-region players and a total of 42 all-conference honorees.
Prior to Christopher Newport, Link spent three seasons (2014-16) as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Lafayette College. No stranger Ryan Carty, Link spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons as the linebackers coach at the University of New Hampshire, helping lead the Wildcats to the FCS Semifinals in 2013.
Link was the first defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Campbell University when the program was started in 2008. He held that position through the 2011 season, when he helped lead the Camels to their first winning season and the defense ranked 13th nationally in total takeaways.
In 2006, Link was the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at DIII Catholic University. He got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant during the 2004 and 2005 seasons at his alma mater, the University of Florida, where he worked primarily with the linebackers.
A native of Gainesville, Florida, Link played for the Gators from 1996-99, winning an SEC and a national championship in 1996. He played for Head Coach Steve Spurrier and Defensive Coordinator Bob Stoops and was part of teams that played in the Orange Bowl (1999), Citrus Bowl (1998), and Sugar Bowl (1997). Link graduated from Florida with a bachelor of science as well as a master’s in exercise and sports science.
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