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Former WIU coaches at Bowl Games

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:09 pm
by ST_Lawson
In case anyone is interested, here's some bowl games who's teams include former WIU coaches:

12/22 - Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (the what bowl?) - Toledo vs Temple
Frisman Jackson - Temple WR Coach, formerly WR/QB for Western from '00-'01 and WR coach at Western from '08-'09

12/23 - GoDaddy Bowl - Georgia Southern vs Bowling Green
Doug Ruse - Georgia Southern Assistant Coach - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, formerly O-coordinator and QB coach at Western...coached Matt Barr in 2010
Brian Ward - Bowling Green Interim Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator (moving to D-coordinator at Syracuse following bowl game), formerly D-coordinator at Western from 2012-2014

12/26 - St. Petersburg Bowl - UConn vs Marshall
Bob Diaco - UConn Head Coach, formerly special teams coordinator at Western from '99-'00
Don Patterson - UConn Assistant HC/Quarterbacks, formerly Head Coach at Western from '99-09

Anyone aware of any other former coaches or players that are coaching at the FBS level in bowl games?

Re: Former WIU coaches at Bowl Games

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:38 pm
by ST_Lawson
Brian Ward has also been named to the FootballScoop Coaches of the Year awards finalists list for top Linebackers Coach: http://footballscoop.com/news/2015-fbs- ... finalists/

Re: Former WIU coaches at Bowl Games

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:22 pm
by ST_Lawson
Temple lost their game against Toledo, 32-17

Bowling Green and Georgia Southern (in their first bowl game since moving up from FCS) is on right now, with BG up 20-16 in the 2nd quarter.