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Dec. 1—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program has a head football coaching opening for the first time since 2013.
On Saturday, UND announced head coach Bubba Schweigert was stepping down for an athletic department role at the university.
Here’s a look at candidates to consider. The list is in alphabetical order.
Beau Baldwin, Calgary Stampede quarterbacks coach: UND athletic director Bill Chaves came to Grand Forks from Eastern Washington, where he once hired Baldwin to build the brand in Cheney. Baldwin brought Chaves a national title in 2010 and went 85-32 in Cheney. Baldwin rose to offensive coordinator at Cal before taking the head job at Cal Poly and struggling to gain traction from 2020-22. He then became the offensive coordinator at Arizona State before joining the CFL.
Brent Bolte, Bemidji State head coach: The 47-year-old Iowa native has the Beavers in new territory after picking up a second-round playoff win for the first time on Saturday. Bemidji State has won at least seven games in all of Bolte’s eight years as head coach in Bemidji.
Isaac Fruechte, UND offensive coordinator: New to UND, Fruechte could be an unfortunate casualty of the Schweigert move. In his first season in Grand Forks, Fruechte’s offense scored more than 30.0 points per game, ranking fifth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Fruechte came to UND after callling plays at Winona State. He played college football at Minnesota and had a stint in the NFL at wide receiver.
Danny Freund, South Dakota State co-offensive coordinator: Once the assumed successor of Schweigert, the former UND standout quarterback left UND last offseason to take an offensive job at South Dakota State. Freund made many allies in Grand Forks but left, in part, to pursue a rise in the profession. Has that itch been scratched? Did the departure leave either side…
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Author : Grand Forks Herald
Publish date : 2024-12-02 01:32:00
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