Entering his 10th season as Recruiting Coordinator and Defensive Line Coach at Iowa Western Community College, Aaron Terry has established #DLineU as one of the premier defensive line development programs in junior college football.

In 9 seasons with the Reivers, Terry has helped develop and send 51 defensive linemen to Division I programs while coaching 10 players who have gone on to play professionally in the NFL or CFL. Most recently, Terry added three NFL Draft selections in the 2026 NFL Draft, including Quientrail 'Bobby' Jamison-Travis (6th Round, #186 overall), Anterio Thomson (6th Round, #208 overall), and Jordan Van Den Berg (6th Round, #213 overall). Previous NFL Draft selections under Terry include Daviyon Nixon (2021 - 5th Round, #158 overall) and Perrion Winfrey (2022 - 4th Round, #108 overall).

Terry’s defensive fronts have consistently ranked among the most dominant units in college football. In 2022, Iowa Western led the NJCAA in sacks (58) while leading the nation in rushing defense (40.9 yards per game), helping capture a National Championship. In 2023, the Reivers again led the country in sacks (62) and finished second nationally in rushing defense (71.2 yards per game), securing back-to-back National Championships. In 2024, Iowa Western finished as National Runner-Up while ranking in the top 10 nationally in both categories.

In 2025, Terry’s defensive front helped lead Iowa Western to the program’s 4th National Championship, producing one of the most dominant defensive seasons in college football. The Reivers led all levels of college football with a school-record 74 sacks while finishing top five nationally in rushing defense.

Under Terry’s leadership, #DLineU has produced:

• 3 National Championships

• 51 Division I Defensive Linemen

• 10 NFL and CFL Players

• 20 NJCAA All-Americans

• 4 ICCAC Defensive Players of the Year (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)

• 2022 NJCAA Defensive Player of the Year — Jackson Filer

Before joining Iowa Western, Terry served as a Graduate Assistant working with the defensive line at University of Nebraska at Kearney from 2015–2016, and previously served as Defensive Coordinator at Omaha Concordia High School from 2013–2014.

As a player, Terry was a standout defensive lineman at Northwest Missouri State University from 2006–2011, earning All-Conference honors while helping lead the Bearcats to four consecutive national championship appearances, including a National Championship in 2009.

Outside of football, Terry is a devoted husband to his wife, Jordan, and proud father to their two children, Sylvia and DJ.

Defensive Linemen under Coach Terry:

NCAA Division I  

• 2025 – Andy Burburija – Clemson

• 2025 – Blake Hawkins – Iowa State

• 2025 – Jeremy Lewis – Purdue

• 2025 – Jaxon Cherry – Central Michigan

• 2025 – BJ Campbell – Old Dominion

• 2024 – Walt Gray – Coastal Carolina

• 2024 – Dominic Wiseman – South Alabama

• 2024 – Cam Done – Florida Atlantic

• 2024 – Brody Targgart – South Dakota State

• 2023 – Kemari Copeland – Virgina Tech

• 2023 – Clev Lubin – Coastal Carolina

• 2023 – Jaylen Pettus – South Florida

• 2023 – Joe Hjelle - Tulsa

• 2023 – Nate Hale – Ohio

• 2023 – Cheick Kaba – Troy

• 2023 – Hyson Bey Buie – Northern Iowa

• 2022 – Quientrail Travis – Auburn

• 2022 – Anterio Thompson – Iowa

• 2022 – Jackson Filer – Iowa

• 2022 – Isaiah Green – Western Michigan

• 2022 – Jacob Ferguson – Georgia Southern

• 2022 – Elijah Elmore – North Alabama

• 2022 – Ugo Ike – Central Michigan

• 2022 – Marcel Tyler – Western Michigan

• 2022 – Justin Erb – Wyoming

• 2021 – Queden Ballew – Louisiana Tech

• 2021 – Elijah Elmore – Eastern Illinois

• 2020 – Isaiah Coe – Oklahoma

• 2020 – Jordan Van Den Berg – Penn State

• 2020 – SL McCall – Akron

• 2020 – Raphael Orubo – Western Illinois

• 2020 – Charlie Brooks – North Carolina Central

• 2019 – Perrion Winfrey – Oklahoma

• 2019 – Devin Drew – Texas Tech

• 2019 – Almosse Titi – Maryland

• 2019 – Dominic Quewon – Southern Mississippi

• 2019 – Fitzroy Gardner – Louisiana Monroe

• 2019 – Keenan Stewart – UTEP

• 2019 – Ben Sorenson – Southern Illinois

• 2019 – Otto Ulberg – Missouri State

• 2018 – Malcolm Lee – Kansas

• 2018 – Atlias Bell – Houston

• 2018 – Morris Joseph – Memphis

• 2018 – Hayden Hatcher – Kansas

• 2018 – Elijah James – Liberty

• 2018 – Michael Scott – Akron

• 2018 – Dylan Lewis – Louisiana Lafayette

• 2017 – Connor Novak – Minnesota

• 2017 – Daviyon Nixon – Iowa

• 2017 – Val Martin – NC State

• 2017 – Alex Parrella – South Dakota State

NFL and CFL

• 2026 – Quientrail 'Bobby' Jamison-Travis – NFL: New York Giants (6th round, #186)

• 2026 – Anterio Thomson – NFL: Atlanta Falcons (6th round, #208)

• 2026 – Jordan Van Den Berg – NFL: Chicago Bears (6th round, #213)

• 2024 – Isaiah Coe – NFL: Indianapolis Colts

• 2023 – Dominic Quewon – NFL: Chicago Bears – CFL: British Columbia Lions

• 2023 – Atlias Bell – CFL: Toronto Argonauts

• 2022 – Perrion Winfrey – NFL: Cleveland Browns (4th round #108)

• 2021 – Daviyon Nixon – NFL: Carolina Panthers (5th round #158)

• 2021 – Elijah James – NFL: Chicago Bears

• 2018 – Chester Graves – CFL: Saskatchewan Roughriders

NJCAA All-American

• 2025 – Andy Burburija

• 2025 – Blake Hawkins

• 2025 – Jeremy Lewis

• 2023/2024 – Walt Gray

• 2023 – Kemari Copeland

• 2023 – Clev Lubin

• 2023 – Jaylen Pettus

• 2022 – Anterio Thompson

• 2021/2022 – Quientrail Travis

• 2021/2022 – Jackson Filer

• 2020 – Jordan Van Den Berg

• 2020 – Zander Gray

• 2019 – Devin Drew

• 2019 – Dominic Quewon

• 2018 – Atlias Bell

• 2018 – Elijah James

• 2017 – Chester Graves