Marshall University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Cornerbacks
- Email:
- bastien@marshall.edu
- Phone:
- -----
Priot to his time at Georgia, he coached linebackers at Georgia Southern and Southern, following his stint as a defensive graduate assistant at UCF in 2014-15.
Bastien made an immediate impact on the Georgia Southern in his first year as an assistant coach as two linebackers topped the 100-tackle mark. Senior linebacker Ironhead Gallon was named a first-team All-Sun Belt selection with 102 tackles and Ukeme Eligwe led the squad with 104 stops, earning a spot on the league’s all-newcomer team. Eligwe was drafted in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs and Gallon signed a free agent deal with the Arizona Cardinals.
A native of Immokalee, Florida, Bastien had a stellar career at UAB from 2009-2013. He appeared in 44 games, starting his final two years and was captain as a senior.
In 2012, Bastien racked up 33 tackles in 10 starts and 12 games overall, highlighted by 6.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. Prior to that, he had 24 tackles in 2011, redshirted 2010 and played in eight games with two starts as a freshman in 2009.
Bastien graduated from the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) in May 2013 with a degree in sports leadership. He played tight end and defensive end under head coach Israel Gallegos at Immokalee High School and was selected to the Collier County High School All-Star team.
He and his wife, Deborah, welcomed twins in April 2017, a son, Princeton, and a daughter, Payton.
