Eric Schumann is an American football coach . His most recent job was as defensive coordinator at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 2007 to 2010. He served the previous four years as defensive coordinator of Tulane, and has coached defense at SMU, New Mexico, and Troy State. He was a defensive back at Alabama from 1974 to 1977. His son, Glenn Schumann is currently the defensive coordinator at Georgia.