Wofford College Athletics

Tyler Carlton was named the quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator at Wofford in July of 2021. In January of 2022 he moved over to coach the wide receivers and is the offensive recruiting coordinator. Carlton was a American Football Coaches Association 35 Under 35 honoree in 2017. He recruits northeast Georgia and the North Augusta/Aiken area of South Carolina.
    
Carlton spent five seasons on the coaching staff at Western Carolina and during the 2019 season was co-offensive coordinator. Prior to working with the Catamounts, he spent four seasons working at Clemson under offensive coordinator Chad Morris.
    
In 2023, the Terriers had four different receivers make ten or more catches on the season. Alec Holt led the team with 21 catches for 206 yards and a touchdown. During the 2022 season as Wofford made the move to a pro spread offense, the team set a school record for receiving yards in a season with 2,484. Landon Parker had a school-record 803 receiving yards on the season. Dylan Djete was second on the team in receiving and earned a spot on the Southern Conference All-Freshman squad.
  
In his first season with the Terriers, he had four different players start games at quarterback. Peyton Derrick lead the group with 814 passing yards, while Bryce Corriston, Kyle Pinnix and Jimmy Weirick added starts. The total offense averaged 323.7 yards per game.
    
As co-offensive coordinator in 2019 with the Catamounts, quarterback Tyrie Adams capped his career leading the team in four offensive categories including career total offense. Daquan Patton had 433 receiving yards and two touchdowns to lead the receivers.
  
In 2018, three different wide receivers amassed 550+ receiving yards. Nate Mullen led the way with 55 receptions. Carlton mentored WCU’s all-time career receptions leader, Terryon Robinson (2013-17). He finished his playing career with 230 catches while also ranking fifth with both 2,839 career receiving yards and 19 career touchdowns. A two-time All-Southern Conference selection, Robinson also posted the fourth-best single-season with 71 catches in 2016. Another former standout Spearman Robinson also benefited from Carlton’s guidance, finishing with eight career 100-yard receiving games and 17 touchdowns, a mark that ranks eighth in the program record books, with Steffon Hill also collecting all-conference honors in 2017.
    
Serving as an offensive analyst at Clemson, Carlton’s duties included assisting the offensive staff on a day-to-day basis while also aiding in video breakdown of opponents. Carlton also served as a video graduate assistant at Clemson, helping the Tigers four top-25 final rankings and an ACC Championship in 2011. He was also a part of four bowl appearances with the Tigers including Orange Bowls in both 2012 and defeating Ohio State in 2014, as well as wins over LSU in the 2012 Chic-Fila-A Bowl and over Oklahoma in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl.
    
Originally from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Carlton played collegiately at Tulsa as both a wide receiver and punter from 2004-06 where he was a member of the 2005 Conference USA champion-ship squad. He also earned a bowl ring as the Golden Hurricanes won the Liberty Bowl.
    
A 2009 graduate of Tulsa, earning a degree in exercise science, Carlton got his coaching start at Tulsa as a student assistant in 2008-09, progressing to offensive quality control assistant in 2010 under Morris. While on staff, he was a part of two bowl appearances including a win over Ball State in the 2008 GMAC Bowl and defeating Hawaii in the 2010 Hawaii Bowl.
    
Carlton and his wife, Lisa, have two sons, Tennyson (Deuce) and Tucker.