Bio

Tanner Fleming is in his second year as an assistant with Carson-Newman's football program. In his first season, he coached the offensive line. In 2025, he moved to work with C-N's quarterbacks and B-Backs.  

In 2024, Fleming oversaw the development of Turk Daniels into a fierce offensive lineman.  Daniels became the first offensive lineman in league history to earn the SAC's Offensive Freshman of the Year award. He coached Daniels and Christian Jones to all-league honors.  Fleming's offensive line cleared the way for the Eagles' to rush for a SAC best 265.8 yards per game, a figure that also ranked fourth nationally. The Eagles opened holes for Jayden Sullins to rush for more than 1,000 yards and All-America honors.  

Fleming's previous coaching stops include last year at the Naval Academy Prep School where he was the program's offensive coordinator.  He spent his first three years out of the Marine Corps coaching at Richlands High School in North Carolina, where he was the offensive coordinator, and Cocoa Beach High School in his native Florida, where he was the offensive line coach. 

Before moving into the Marine Corps, he spent a year as a graduate assistant coach for the Naval Academy working with the Mids' defensive line. 

As a player for the Naval Academy, Fleming started 35 games in his final three years with the program. 

In 2012, he was an integral part of Navy's offensive unit that finished the year ranked No. 1 nationally in turnovers lost (10), No. 2 in rushing offense (325.4), No. 3 in tackles for loss allowed (3.62), No. 6 in passing yards per completion (15.09), No. 6 in third down conversion (51.1) and 11th in fourth down conversions (67.9). Navy rushed for 366 yards on 67 attempts against Middle Tennessee in the Bell Helicopter Armed Force Bowl, marking the sixth straight game the Mids topped the 300-yard rushing milestone – the first time Navy had pulled that off since 2007. 

He was the starting center for Navy QB and future sixth round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens Keenan Reynolds.  He helped block for Reynolds to set numerous records.  Renyolds broke the NCAA Division I record for most career total touchdowns with 88 and most rushing yards by a quarterback with 4,559. Fleming started 12 of the 13 games Navy played in 2013 when Reynolds scored 31 rushing touchdowns, which are the most by a quarterback in NCAA history for a season and the most by a Navy player (any position) in school history. He helped pave the way for Renyolds to become just the fourth player in NCAA history to rush for 30 or more touchdowns in a season and just the seventh player in NCAA history to score 30 or more touchdowns in a season. Reynolds 1,346 rushing yards in 2013 were the 14th most by a quarterback in NCAA history and rank third at Navy for a season.

In his time as Navy's starting center, the Mids won two Commander-In-Chief's Trophies and two bowl games, while wracking up a 25-14 record that included a 3-0 record against Army and four wins against Power Five teams. 

Fleming, famously, was a 63 overall in EA Sports NCAA Football 2014.

Fleming is married to the former Kelsey Roberts, the couple has two sons, Tyson and Tristan.