Terry Heffernan

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Hometown
Arlington Heights, Ill.

Alma Mater
Dayton '03

 

Terry Heffernan joined the Stanford coaching staff as the offensive line coach in 2021. The 2022 season will mark his second year on The Farm. 

In his first season with the Cardinal, Branson Bragg and Drake Nugent earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors. 

Heffernan came to The Farm following two years with the Buffalo Bills, helping them to the AFC Championship Game during the 2020 season. In total, he has five years of NFL coaching experience, having spent three seasons (2013-15) with the Detroit Lions. Heffernan also brings 13 years of collegiate coaching experience to Stanford, having most recently served as Eastern Kentucky’s assistant head coach and offensive line coach in 2016-17, before a promotion to associate head coach and offensive line coach in 2018.
 
Prior to his time with the Lions, Heffernan spent six seasons at Wayne State. The first five he was the offensive line coach before moving to offensive coordinator in 2012.
 
Before his time at Wayne State, he served as a graduate assistant coach at both Louisville (2004-05) and Michigan (2005-07).
 
Heffernan graduated from Dayton with a degree in communications in 2003 and was a four-year football student-athlete.
 
He and his wife, Jamie, have two sons, Connor and Casey, and a daughter, Regan.