Former Kansas State graduate assistant Tevin Madison is in his second season as an assistant coach at Illinois State and will work with the team’s defensive backs. 

Madison came to Illinois State after spending the 2022 season with the Wildcats a defensive graduate assistant. In that role, Madison worked with the safeties while also helping break down film and run the scout team. He joined the Kansas State program after serving as the assistant defensive backs coach at Southeast Missouri State, where he helped the Redhawks finish with a 4-2 conference record to tie for second in the Ohio Valley Conference.

A native of Fayette, Alabama, Madison began his collegiate career at Texas Tech, playing the 2014 through 2016 seasons, while he finished his career in 2017 at West Alabama. He also spent the 2019 season playing for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Indoor Football League.