Todd West joined the Susquehanna staff to coach the safeties in summer of 2026.
No stranger to the 570 area, West has coached football in the area at the high school and college levels. He coached high school ball at Lewisburg and Shikellamy before becoming the running back coach for Bucknell University. During his time with the Bison between 2014 and 2015 he coached CoSIDA Academic All-American running back Matt DelMauro as well as Second Team All-Patriot League running back, C.J. Williams.
He moved on to Capital University from 2016 to 2018, where he was the defensive line and defensive backs coach, as well as Director of Football Operations. There he developed talent such as defensive back LaShaun Sanders Jr., a 2017 All-OAC selection. West then returned to the central Pennsylvania area and high school coaching, holding down positions at Bellefonte, Lewisburg and Milton.
West played his collegiate football at FCS school Lehigh University from 1991-94, where he was a four-year letter winner and graduated with his Bachelor’s in International Business and Careers in 1995. He was a key member of Lehigh’s first Patriot League championship team that took the title in 1993. Following graduation, West spent three years working at Lehigh as the athletic business and ticket manager and then as the assistant director of the Lehigh University Alumni Association. He then spent a decade as a pharmaceutical sales specialist.
