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Northwestern Adds Three Graduate Assistants To Football Staff
EVANSTON, Ill. – Tim Brandon, Mike Kafka and Steve Pursley have joined the Northwestern Wildcats staff as graduate assistant coaches, Dan & Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald announced on Tuesday, the first day of the spring academic quarter.
Brandon spent the last year as the wide receivers coach and video coordinator at the Colorado School of Mines. He spent three seasons as a student assistant for the offensive coaching staff at the University of Wyoming, where he earned a degree in business administration, before one year as an offensive assistant at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado. Brandon will work with the Wildcats' offensive staff with a focus on the offensive line.
Kafka spent the last six years in the National Football League after being selected in the fourth-round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. During a four-year Wildcats career (2006-09) he set single-game records for both passing yards (532 vs. Auburn, 2010) and rushing yards by a quarterback (217 vs. Minnesota, 2008), and his 3,725 yards of total offense as a senior in 2009 stands as the No. 2 season in program history. A product of Chicago’s St. Rita High School, Kafka earned a degree in communication studies from Northwestern. He will work with the Wildcats' offensive staff with a focus on wide receivers.
Pursley joined the Northwestern staff in March of 2015 as a special teams quality control assistant, with responsibilities that included film breakdown and opponent scouting. He previously worked as a remote scouting assistant for the Cleveland Browns and as a graduate assistant for recruiting and personnel at the University of Alabama. Pursley earned a degree in english literature from Arizona State University and will work with the Wildcats' defensive staff with a focus on the defensive line.
Northwestern will host a public practice at Ryan Field at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, followed by a free youth clinic for players in grade-8-and-under. After a record 10-win season last year, the Wildcats open the 2016 campaign on Saturday, September 3, when they welcome Western Michigan to Evanston.
From NUSports.com...
Northwestern Adds Three Graduate Assistants To Football Staff
EVANSTON, Ill. – Tim Brandon, Mike Kafka and Steve Pursley have joined the Northwestern Wildcats staff as graduate assistant coaches, Dan & Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald announced on Tuesday, the first day of the spring academic quarter.
Brandon spent the last year as the wide receivers coach and video coordinator at the Colorado School of Mines. He spent three seasons as a student assistant for the offensive coaching staff at the University of Wyoming, where he earned a degree in business administration, before one year as an offensive assistant at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado. Brandon will work with the Wildcats' offensive staff with a focus on the offensive line.
Kafka spent the last six years in the National Football League after being selected in the fourth-round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. During a four-year Wildcats career (2006-09) he set single-game records for both passing yards (532 vs. Auburn, 2010) and rushing yards by a quarterback (217 vs. Minnesota, 2008), and his 3,725 yards of total offense as a senior in 2009 stands as the No. 2 season in program history. A product of Chicago’s St. Rita High School, Kafka earned a degree in communication studies from Northwestern. He will work with the Wildcats' offensive staff with a focus on wide receivers.
Pursley joined the Northwestern staff in March of 2015 as a special teams quality control assistant, with responsibilities that included film breakdown and opponent scouting. He previously worked as a remote scouting assistant for the Cleveland Browns and as a graduate assistant for recruiting and personnel at the University of Alabama. Pursley earned a degree in english literature from Arizona State University and will work with the Wildcats' defensive staff with a focus on the defensive line.
Northwestern will host a public practice at Ryan Field at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, followed by a free youth clinic for players in grade-8-and-under. After a record 10-win season last year, the Wildcats open the 2016 campaign on Saturday, September 3, when they welcome Western Michigan to Evanston.
