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Dealton Cotton

	Position: Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
	Experience: Fourth Season
	Recruiting Areas: Virginia - 757 (Southside to Suffolk/Isle of Wight), North Carolina (North Eastern)

"My ultimate goal at Old Dominion is to aim high and be the best defensive line coach I can be, not only in the CAA, but in the entire country. The d-line is and will be the foundation of our defense and our team. Hopefully hard work and dedication to the program will help our team attain that goal."
- Coach Cotton

Dealton Cotton is in his fourth season as a member of the Old Dominion coaching staff serving as the defensive line coach. This fall Cotton also added the title of Assistant Head Coach.

During his time at Old Dominion, Cotton has helped the Monarchs to a 17-5 mark in two seasons as the winningest start-up FCS program. At the close of the 2010 season, one of Cotton's lineman, Ronnie Cameron, was named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) Second Team All-State having ranked eighth in the nation in tackles for loss averaging 1.79 per game.

A native of Norfolk, Cotton spent 13 years coaching high school football, including the last five as a head coach. Before joining the Monarch coaching staff, Cotton was at the helm of the Maury High School program, coaching the Commodores to a four-year mark of 30-15. He earned District Coach of the Year and NFL State Coach of the Year honors in 2005 after posting a mark of 10-2.

Cotton's first head coaching stint came at Hertford County High School in North Carolina where he earned another District Coach of the Year distinction in 2003 after taking the Bears from 5-5 the previous season to a mark of 10-2.

Cotton holds three degrees from East Carolina University including a bachelor's in criminal justice and a bachelor's and master's degree in social work. A four-year letterman at nose guard for the Pirates' football team, Cotton helped guide ECU to appearances in the 1992 Peach Bowl and the 1994 Liberty Bowl.