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per Randy:
At 35, Kalen DeBoer reached a pinnacle in small-college football. It was 2009, and he had just coached the University of Sioux Falls to its third NAIA football championship in four years. Sure, he could continue to pile up national titles for the Cougars, but he wanted a bigger challenge.
So, DeBoer embarked on an assistant coaching career that will bring him to TCF Bank Stadium as offensive coordinator for Fresno State, the Gophers’ opponent on Saturday night. And in the process, DeBoer will get to scratch another itch. The game will be a homecoming of sorts.
“It really is,” said DeBoer, a native of Milbank, S.D., a town of about 3,300 that is a 12-mile drive from Ortonville, Minn. “I’ve got a lot of friends and family making the trip to Minneapolis for the game. I’m fired-up to see them.”
A self-proclaimed die-hard Vikings fan, DeBoer followed the Gophers, too. That wasn’t always easy when he was young, because his family lived outside of Milbank and didn’t have cable TV. “We had an antenna hooked up, and about all we got to watch was the six [over-the-air] stations we had,” he said.
DeBoer, an All-America receiver who lead Sioux Falls to the 1996 NAIA Division II title, began his coaching career as a Cougars assistant before moving to Sioux Falls Washington High School, where he was an assistant to former Edina coach Kim Nelson for two years. “He made me a better coach,” Nelson said.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...tate-s-offense-and-79-point-opener/492623101/
Go Gophers!!
At 35, Kalen DeBoer reached a pinnacle in small-college football. It was 2009, and he had just coached the University of Sioux Falls to its third NAIA football championship in four years. Sure, he could continue to pile up national titles for the Cougars, but he wanted a bigger challenge.
So, DeBoer embarked on an assistant coaching career that will bring him to TCF Bank Stadium as offensive coordinator for Fresno State, the Gophers’ opponent on Saturday night. And in the process, DeBoer will get to scratch another itch. The game will be a homecoming of sorts.
“It really is,” said DeBoer, a native of Milbank, S.D., a town of about 3,300 that is a 12-mile drive from Ortonville, Minn. “I’ve got a lot of friends and family making the trip to Minneapolis for the game. I’m fired-up to see them.”
A self-proclaimed die-hard Vikings fan, DeBoer followed the Gophers, too. That wasn’t always easy when he was young, because his family lived outside of Milbank and didn’t have cable TV. “We had an antenna hooked up, and about all we got to watch was the six [over-the-air] stations we had,” he said.
DeBoer, an All-America receiver who lead Sioux Falls to the 1996 NAIA Division II title, began his coaching career as a Cougars assistant before moving to Sioux Falls Washington High School, where he was an assistant to former Edina coach Kim Nelson for two years. “He made me a better coach,” Nelson said.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...tate-s-offense-and-79-point-opener/492623101/
Go Gophers!!