DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS UNIVERSITY UPDATE Riley’s Football Staff Complete

When Brian Stewart was introduced experience among Riley and the nine coach Hank Hughes was a co-defensive as the Huskers’ secondary coach in late football assistant coaches he has hired. coordinator at Cincinnati. Like Stewart, February, he filled the final position on Eight of Nebraska’s 10 coaches have Banker has served as a defensive Mike Riley’s first football coaching staff spent a combined 46 years coaching coordinator in both college and the at Nebraska. Stewart spent the past in the professional ranks, including 30 NFL (San Diego Chargers). Hughes is three seasons as years in the . a 36-year veteran of college coaching, and secondary coach at the University Four coaches on Nebraska’s defensive including 27 seasons as a defensive of Maryland. He has been a defensive staff have professional coaching or line coach. He spent 13 seasons as coordinator for seven years, including playing experience. Counting Stewart, defensive line coach at Connecticut. five in the college ranks and two the Huskers’ defensive staff has three Trent Bray, Nebraska’s new leading the Dallas Cowboys’ defense. coaches with coordinator experience. linebacker coach, spent the past three “Brian Stewart brings a record of Defensive coordinator Mark Banker seasons coaching linebackers at Oregon success and will be a great fit at the followed Riley from Oregon State to State. The former two-time All-Pac 10 University of Nebraska,” Riley said. Nebraska, and new defensive line OSU linebacker also followed Riley to “He has experience coaching and Lincoln. “I have great loyalty to Coach recruiting in all parts of the country, Riley, and Nebraska is an unbelievable most recently with experience in the opportunity,” he said. . We look forward to , Nebraska’s new Brian getting started with our defensive / staff and our secondary.” coach, tutored Eli Manning with the The opportunity to coach at Nebraska New York Giants last year, helping “is awesome,” Stewart said. “My first him make dramatic improvements in impression is ‘wow’. From the weight touchdowns, interceptions, completion room to walking down the hallway and percentage and pass ratings. Before seeing the national championship that, Langsdorf served two stints on trophies, Nebraska is what you think it Coach Riley’s staff at Oregon State, is – a football powerhouse.” including nine seasons with the same Mark Banker Stewart completes a Nebraska staff Defensive coordinator responsibilities he now owns again. that has 246 years of overall coaching From 2006 to 2013, Langsdorf

Brian Stewart Hank Hughes Trent Bray Mike Cavanaugh

12 SPRING 2015 receiver at San Diego State, he has During that UNIVERSITY made professional playing stops in same time, UPDATE Washington, Frankfurt (Germany) and Banker and Saskatchewan (Canada) and coaching new Husker stops at San Jose State, Fresno State special teams’ and Tulane. He also spent the 2008 coordinator Bruce Read were members season with the San Diego Chargers in of the Charger’s staff. Read has spent a minority internship coaching position. 14 seasons on Riley-coached staffs Reggie Davis, another former Riley in college and the NFL. “I’ve been staff assistant at Oregon State, spent with Mike a lot of years,” he said. the previous four seasons on the “He provides a great environment for coaching staff, coaches and student-athletes. It’s fun Danny Langsdorf Offensive coordinator coaching tight ends for the first three to go to work for him every day of the seasons. A graduate of Washington, year.” led the Beaver offenses to six bowl Davis played two seasons with the Another full-time member of Riley’s appearances and four bowl wins in San Diego Chargers at tight end in 2015-16 staff is Mark Philipp, eight years. Langsdorf is excited about 1999 and 2000, the first two of three Nebraska’s new head strength and “the chance to run the offense, call seasons that Riley was the Chargers’ conditioning coach. Philipp was USC’s plays and be in charge in a place that . top assistant strength coach when the has a lot of history and tradition.” Trojans battled Nebraska in the Holiday Mike Cavanaugh, Nebraska’s new Bowl last December. Riley said Philipp offensive line coach, is good friends builds strong relationships with players with Langsdorf, who graciously and is a great motivator in the weight provided Cavanaugh’s wife, Laurie, room. with a successful kidney transplant Husker fans across the country will when the two men coached in Corvallis get to see all of the new coaches at together. “The tradition of excellence at work when Nebraska’s annual spring Nebraska is amazing,” Cavanaugh said. game is televised by the Big Ten “I’m really honored to work with the Network (BTN) on April 11, beginning offensive line at a program with such a at 1p.m. CT. history of success in that area.” – Randy York, Department of Bruce Read Athletics Keith Williams is Nebraska’s new Special teams’ coordinator wide receiver coach. A sprinter and

Keith Williams Reggie Davis Mark Philipp

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