Good for him.
I'm partial, but I believe the period Thacker played for the Paladins was among the best teams in program history. I'd be interested to do a dive into the coaching tree just off that brief era in Furman football history. Just off the top of my head:
Andrew Thacker, DC Georgia Tech
Josh Stepp, TE Georgia State (graduated from Newberry)
Justin Stepp, WR Arkansas
Maurice Duncan, DBs North Greenville
Brian Bratton, WR/STC Furman
Carter Barfield, RB Mercer
Partick Covington, OL Coastal
Ingle Martin, HC CPA (Nashville)
Adam Mims, WR Tenn Tech
Can also include guys off the Furman coaching staff at that time, including:
Clay Hendrix, HC Furman
Bobby Lamb, HC Mercer
Drew Cronic, HC Lenior Rhyne
Jeff Farrington, HC NGU