Background
Haverty was born August 21, 1981 in Richardson, Texas to Leighton Haverty and E.R. (Bo) Campbell. His father played football at the college level for Louisiana State University.
Haverty was born August 21, 1981 in Richardson, Texas to Leighton Haverty and E.R. (Bo) Campbell. His father played football at the college level for Louisiana State University.
Haverty attended Berkner High School in his home town and was a three-time All-District and All-Area selection.
He was formerly the outside linebackers coach for Texas Technology As a junior, he was second statewide in receiving yards. Haverty played wide receiver for Texas Technical from 2000-2004.
He was named Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 for the 2003 season.
In his senior season in 2004, Haverty was named Second-Team All-American by Sports Illustrated and Third-Team by the Associated Press. Additionally, he led the Big 12 Conference in receptions and was second in receiving yards.
Haverty began his coaching career at Midlothian High School before coaching wide receivers at Cisco College in 2006. He then served several years as a graduate assistant at Texas Christian University before spending the 2010 season as the defensive coordinator for Millsaps.
In 2011, he returned to Texas Christian University to accept the safeties coach position left vacant by Chad Glasgow who had become the defensive coordinator for Texas Technology
Following the 2011 season and Glasgow"s return to Texas Christian University, Haverty was moved to the wide receivers coaching position. On December 30, 2012, it was announced that Haverty had accepted a coaching position at his alma mater Texas Technical under head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Haverty was a player at Texas Technical while Kingsbury was the team"s starting quarterback.
Haverty was named as Texas Technical"s safeties coach for the 2013 season and coached the position for two years.
His coaching position was changed to outside linebackers for the 2015 season before being fired in December. On January 26, 2016, Haverty was named defensive coordinator for the Lamar Cardinals.
He replaces Craig McGallion who announced his retirement in November, 2015.