Nathan Bell joined the Aurora University football program as an assistant coach in December 2018. Bell will coach the Spartan linebackers and serve as the Co-Defensive Coordinator.
Prior to coming to AU, Bell spent three seasons at North Park University as the Vikings special teams coordinator, defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator. He spent two seasons at CCIW for Elmhurst College as an assistant coach with the Elmhurst football team. He was the defensive line coach in 2015 after working with the special teams and defensive backs in 2014. Â
Bell spent 2011-2013 as an assistant coach at Robert Morris University. While at Robert Morris, Bell coached the defensive backs and linebackers while also serving as the defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. He spent one season at Randolph-Macon College as an assistant coach working with the defensive line in 2010 before joining Robert Morris.
Bell played and coached at Illinois Wesleyan University. A 2003 graduate from Illinois Wesleyan, Bell earned three varsity letters as a linebacker for the Titans. He returned to Illinois Wesleyan in 2007 and spent three season as an assistant coach working with the linebackers, secondary and special teams. The Titans reached the second round of the NCAA Playoffs in 2009 and ranked fifth in the nation in total defense.
Bell was at Illinois State University as a graduate assistant in the Kinesiology and Recreation Department (2007-08) and at Mahomet-Seymour High School (2004-06).
Bell earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan in 2003 and a master's degree from Illinois State in 2009.Â
