UND football adds pair of offensive assistant football coaches

Jan. 22—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program has added two more offensive assistants, the school announced Wednesday.

Malik Bradshaw will coach the wide receivers, while D.J. Davis will be in charge of the running backs.

The announcements of Bradshaw and Davis complete UND’s full-time assistant staff.

“We were able to add two of the finest coaches in the country to complete our staff,” UND head coach Eric Schmidt.

Bradshaw joins the Fighting Hawks as the wide receivers coach in 2025 after spending the 2020-24 seasons at Augustana as the running backs coach and coach of the kick and punt returners.

He began his time at Augustana in 2020 as a graduate assistant before being promoted to a full-time assistant coach and co-video coordinator.

During his time at Augie, the Vikings captured the NSIC title three times (2021, 2023, 2024).

From 2018-20, he served as a student assistant at Oklahoma and worked under Roy Manning and Kerry Cooks.

Before getting into coaching, Bradshaw was a four-year wide receiver for the Sooners. During his playing days, he helped OU win four Big 12 Conference titles and played in four of the New Year’s six bowl games (Sugar, Rose, Orange and Peach).

“Malik is one of the brightest offensive minds in college football and an elite teacher of the game,” Schmidt said. “He does a phenomenal job connecting with his players.”

Davis joins UND as the running backs coach after previously serving as the running backs coach at Lenoir-Rhyne, a Division II program in North Carolina.

With the help of his leadership in 2024, the LRU Bears reached the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs with a record of 10-3. Throughout the year, his running backs averaged 111.7 yards rushing per game.

Alex Boyd, the leading rusher on the team, ranked No. 5 in the conference in rushing touchdowns (8) at the end of the…


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Author : Grand Forks Herald

Publish date : 2025-01-23 01:37:00

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