[NU Sports] Brewster new Gopher head football coach

[Roy Lamberton]

The Trib had a story this morning about Brewster - they said he had some head
coaching experience aearlier in his career, but since he's been out only 20
years....

I guess Fitz' experiences have opened doors for the young guys.

?

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Joe Thiegs
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:44 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Brewster new Gopher head football coach
> 
> 
> Well, the Lane Kiffin rumor turned out not to be correct, 
> although I've read reports that say he was a runner-up.  Tim 
> Brewster has been hired as the new University of Minnesota 
> football coach.  Brewster wasn't very high on most people's 
> radar, but it could turn out to be a very good hire.  Until 7 
> a.m. this morning he was the Denver Broncos' tight ends 
> coach, and prior to that he was with the Chargers.  Before 
> going to the NFL, he was Mack Brown's top recruiter both at 
> UNC and at Texas.  He has never been a coordinator or head 
> coach, so Coach Fitz will have more experience in that 
> department than at least one guy in the Big Ten!  Brewster 
> was many Illini fans' pick to succeed Turner but Zook was 
> hired instead.  (Brewster was a two-time All-Big Ten tight 
> end and captain of the Illini team that played in the 1984 
> Rose Bowl, and his son Clint is a top-15 quarterback who has 
> verballed to Illinois.  Apparently his youngest son is the 
> #1-rated safety prospect in the 2008 class.)  There will be a 
> press conference tomorrow at 1 p.m. (CDT) to officially 
> announce the hire.  See http://www.gophersports.com/
>  
> -Joe
>  
>  
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