Preston Pehrson is in his third year at the Naval Academy and his first as the Director of Player Personnel. Pehrson came to Navy from Georgia Tech where he was a quality control coach for one season and a graduate assistant coach for three years for former Navy head coach Paul Johnson.
Pehrson is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the strategic planning process for recruiting prospective student-athletes. He will oversee the geographical canvassing assignments of all assistant coaches, the planning and execution of official and unofficial visits, development of the marketing message and management of the recruiting database.
In Pehrson’s four years at Georgia Tech, the Yellow Jackets went 33-21, played in four bowl games and won two bowl games.  In his final year in Atlanta, Georgia Tech went 11-3, beat rival Georgia and defeated Mississippi State, 49-34, in the Orange Bowl.
Before coming to Atlanta in 2011, Pehrson worked one spring as a graduate assistant at Lamar University. In the fall of 2010, he served as outside linebackers coach and assistant tight ends coach at Houston Christian High School in Texas.
Growing up in Annapolis, Md., Pehrson was an all-state performer in both football and baseball at Broadneck High School. After high school, Pehrson attended Jacksonville University for two years and played two seasons with the Dolphins baseball team. He then transferred to the University of Texas for one year before finishing his college career at Towson University.
In 2007, Pehrson was taken in the 47th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles and played two years in the minor leagues. Pehrson earned his degree in sports management with a minor in business from Towson University in 2009.
Pehrson and his wife Kim reside in Annapolis with their daughter, Austin
