COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Malloe spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons as UCLA’s defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, after serving as the defensive line coach in 2023 and outside linebackers and special teams coordinator in 2022.
- In his first season as defensive coordinator at UCLA in 2024, Malloe was selected as a nominee for the Broyles Award, which honors the top assistant coach in college football.
- Despite losing seven starters, including six who graduated to the NFL ranks, headlined by first-rounder Laiatu Latu, UCLA graded out strong nationally in rushing defense (96.2 yards per game, 6th), fourth-down defense (38.5%, 12th), and total defense (340.8 yards per game, 40th).
- Linebacker and former walk-on Carson Schwesinger blossomed into a First-Team All-American and Butkus Award finalist under Malloe in 2024, leading the Big Ten and ranking third nationally with 136 total tackles in the regular season.
- Defensive tackle Jay Toia also had a standout campaign in 2024, earning All-Big Ten honorable mention accolades.
- In 2023, when Malloe was the defensive line coach, UCLA led the Pac-12 and ranked 10th in the nation in total defense (301.5 yards per game). In addition, the Bruins ranked second in the nation in rushing defense (80.8) and limited opponents to 18.4 points per game, which rated as the 14th-best mark in the country.
- UCLA led the nation after opponents scored just five rushing touchdowns on the season. The Bruins were second in the nation allowing just 2.65 yards per rush, its best mark at the school since 1985.
- Defensive end Laiatu Latu, who led the nation averaging 1.8 tackles for loss per game and was fourth in sacks per game average (1.08), became the first UCLA player to win the Lombardi Award, the Hendricks Award and the Polynesian (defense) Player of the Year Award.
- Defensive end Gabriel Murphy, who registered 15 tackles for loss, and his brother, Grayson, each earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors. UCLA, with 43, recorded over 40 sacks for the first time since the 2012 season.
- In 2022, Latu earned 2022 first-team all-conference honors after recording 10.5 sacks, the most by a Bruin since 2012. The Bruins had two of the Pac-12's leaders in sacks as Latu (0.81-2nd) was joined by Grayson Murphy (0.38-13th) on that list.
- Malloe, a former standout defensive player at the University of Washington, guided his alma mater's defensive line from 2016-2020 before shifting to outside linebackers in 2021. He also served as UW's co-defensive coordinator for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
- In 2021, with Malloe helping lead the defense, Washington rated third in the Pac-12 in total defense (336.9 yards per game) and led the league in pass defense efficiency (106.7) while allowing the fewest passing yards per game of any team (143.3). Opponents scored just six touchdowns through the air against UW over the course of the 2021 season.
- The 2019 season was another strong one for the UW defensive line, which helped limit opponents to just 19.4 points per game. Malloe helped mentor his latest first-team All-Pac-12 selection, as Levi Onwuzurike, now with the Detroit Lions, earned that honor in 2019.
- The previous two years, Malloe coached Vita Vea the winner of the Pac-12's Morris Trophy, given to the top offensive and defensive lineman in the conference, as voted on by the conference's opposing linemen. Vea, now in the NFL with Tampa Bay, won the award in 2017 and the Huskies repeated in 2018 as Greg Gaines took home the honor. Gaines, who is a member of the Los Angeles Rams, was also a first-team All-Pac-12 selection, while senior lineman Jaylen Johnson earned honorable mention All-Conference accolades.
- The Huskies also led the Pac-12 in both scoring (15.5 points per game) and total defense (301.8 yards per game) in 2018, marking the third-straight season for the Huskies to accomplish the feat under coach Malloe. The 2018 Huskies were also second in the Pac-12 in rushing and passing defense.
- The 2017 Husky defense was anchored by Malloe's pupil, Vea, the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Thanks largely to Vea and Gaines, then a second-team All-Pac-12 selection, the Huskies' line helped the defense rank fourth nationally allowing 100.8 yards per game and second overall allowing 2.86 yards per rush. Vea would go on to be the 12th overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, the second-straight draft that one of Malloe's players was selected.
- In his first season at Washington, Malloe helped coach a UW defensive unit that once again topped all Pac-12 defenses as the Huskies went 12-2 and earned a trip to the 2016 College Football Playoff. Washington led the conference in both total defense (316.9 yards per game, 12th in the nation) and scoring defense (17.7 points per game, eighth) in the nation, while leading all FBS schools in turnover margin (1.29 per game) and takeaways (33).
- On the defensive line, Elijah Qualls earned first-team All-Pac-12 (as well as second-team All-America from FOX Sports), while Vea was a second-teamer and Gaines earned honorable mention.
- Malloe joined the Husky staff after having spent two seasons guiding the defensive line at Utah State. In 2014, he helped the Aggies to a 10-4 overall record (second-most wins in school history). Three defensive linemen earned All-Mountain West honors (a first-teamer, a second-teamer and an honorable mention) in 2014.
- Malloe went to Utah State after two seasons at Portland State, where he worked under former Husky teammate Nigel Burton as the Vikings' special teams coordinator and defensive tackles coach.
- From 2009-2011, Malloe spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Yale.
- In 2008, he was special teams coordinator and defensive tackles coach at Hawai'i, helping guide the Warriors to a berth in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl.
- From 2004-07, he was defensive line coach at Texas-El Paso, which made it to the 2005 GMAC Bowl.
- Prior to UTEP, Malloe began his full-time coaching career as special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Western Illinois. The Leathernecks won the Gateway Conference title in 2002 and made the NCAA Division I-AA playoff quarterfinals twice.
- Malloe began his career as a student assistant, program coordinator and, eventually, a graduate assistant, at Washington.
PLAYING CAREER
- Malloe was a four-year letterwinner as a safety and outside linebacker at Washington.
- He started 11 games in 1995, when the Huskies won a share of the Pac-10 championship. Malloe led UW in interceptions that season, with five.
- In 1993, he won the Bob Jarvis Most Inspirational Walk-On Award after having won the Brian Stapp Defensive Scout of the Year Award in 1992.
PERSONAL
- A native of Waimanalo, Hawaii, Malloe earned his degree in sociology from Washington in 1997.
- He and his wife, Tara, have two daughters, Taylor and Sloane, and two sons, Jordan and Isaiah.
THE MALLOE FILE
Personal
Year at Penn State: 1st
Hometown: Waimanalo, Hawaii
Education: Washington, 1997 – B.S. Sociology
Family: Wife: Tara; Daughters: Taylor, Sloane; Sons: Jordan, Isaiah
Coaching Career
2026-: Penn State [Defensive Line/Run Game Coordinator]
2024-25: UCLA [Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers]
2023: UCLA [Defensive Line]
2022: UCLA [Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers]
2021: Washington [Co-Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers]
2020: Washington [Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line]
2016-19: Washington [Defensive Line]
2014-15: Utah State [Defensive Line]
2012-13: Portland State [Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Tackles]
2009-11: Yale [Defensive Coordinator]
2008: Hawaii [Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Tackles]
2004-07: UTEP [Defensive Line]
2001-03: Western Illinois [Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line]
1997-01: Washington [Graduate Assistant]
Playing Experience
1992-96: Washington
Postseason as a Coach
2023: LA Bowl [UCLA]
2022: Sun Bowl [UCLA]
2019: Las Vegas Bowl [Washington]
2018: Rose Bowl [Washington]
2017: Fiesta Bowl [Washington]
2016: Peach Bowl [Washington]
2015: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl [Utah State]
2014: New Mexico Bowl [Utah State]
2008: Hawaii Bowl [Hawaii]
2005: GMAC Bowl [UTEP]
2004: Houston Bowl [UTEP]
2001: Rose Bowl [Washington]
1999: Holiday Bowl [Washington]
1998: Oahu Bowl [Washington]
1997: Aloha Bowl [Washington]
Prominent Players Coached
Carson Bruener [Washington]: Pittsburgh Steelers; 2025 seventh-round pick
Greg Gaines [Washington]: Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 2019 fourth-round pick
Cal Jones Jr. [UCLA]: Baltimore Ravens
Ale Kaho [UCLA]: Washington Commanders
Laiatu Latu [UCLA/Washington]: Indianapolis Colts; 2024 first-round pick
Kain Medrano [UCLA]: Washington Commanders; 2025 sixth-round pick
Gabriel Murphy [UCLA]: Minnesota Vikings
Darius Muasau [UCLA]: New York Giants; 2024 sixth-round pick
Oluwafemi Oladejo [UCLA]: Tennessee Titans; 2025 second-round pick
Levi Onwuzurike [Washington]: Detroit Lions; 2021 second-round pick
Elijah Qualls [Washington]: NFL [2017-21]; 2017 sixth-round pick
Carson Schwesinger [UCLA]: Cleveland Browns; 2025 second-round pick
Jay Toia [UCLA]: Dallas Cowboys; 2025 seventh-round pick
Bralen Trice [Washington]: Atlanta Falcons; 2024 third-round pick
Joe Tryon [Washington]: Chicago Bears; 2021 first-round pick
Edefuan Ulofoshio [Washington]: Cleveland Browns; 2024 fifth-round pick
Vita Vea [Washington]: Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 2018 first-round pick