Two Assistant Coaches Join Columbia Football Staff
8/3/2011 10:53:00 AM | Football
NEW YORK – Bill Lund and Mike Neuberger have joined the Columbia football coaching staff as assistant coaches. Lund will serve as the defensive line coach while Neuberger will work primarily with the tight ends.
Lund is a 15-year veteran college coach who most recently served as the defensive coordinator at St. Norbert College in 2010. During that season, the Green Knights' defense led all of Division III in takeaways (46) and won its first conference title in four years under Lund's tutelage.
Prior to his stop at St. Norbert, Lund was a defensive assistant for two seasons at Buffalo, where he was part of a coaching staff that led the Bulls, who play in the Football Bowl Subdivision, to the first MAC championship in the program's history. In 2008, the Bulls were first in the nation in fumbles recovered and seventh in takeaways.
Lund was the defensive coordinator at Carleton College from 2006-07 and also spent six years at Colby College and three at St. Anselm College.
A two-time participant in the NCAA Expert Coaching program, Lund was named to American Football Monthly's Hot List of up and coming coaches and also has experience as a strength and conditioning coach during his time at Colby. He played football and competed in track and field at Lawrence University, from which he graduated in 1997 with a degree in biology. At Lawrence, he played on both sides of the ball and started at center in his final two years. As a senior, he earned the college's most dedicated senior athlete award.
Neuberger comes to Morningside Heights after he spent the past two years as a graduate assistant coach at Maryland, which had a 9-4 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2010.
Working with the offensive line in 2010, Neuberger helped guide a Terrapin unit that averaged 32.2 points per game, which ranked 29th in the nation. Neuberger also served as a special teams assistant and scout team coordinator for defense and special teams. On special teams, Maryland produced the fourth-ranked punt return unit in the country, averaging nearly 17 yards per return.
Prior to his tenure at Maryland, Neuberger spent three years coaching at Dayton, his alma mater. During his time at Dayton, Neuberger coached tight ends and assisted with the offensive line. He helped develop Matt Champa, an Associated Press second team All-American tight end that was part of an offense that ranked fifth in the nation in passing and sixth in the nation in scoring in 2007.
Neuberger began his coaching career as a student assistant at Dayton, where he was the scout team coordinator for defense and special teams and a special teams assistant. He also was a strength and conditioning assistant coach while he finished his bachelor's degree in education in 2005.
Columbia begins the 2011 season at Fordham on Saturday, September 17 at 1 p.m.
Lund is a 15-year veteran college coach who most recently served as the defensive coordinator at St. Norbert College in 2010. During that season, the Green Knights' defense led all of Division III in takeaways (46) and won its first conference title in four years under Lund's tutelage.
Prior to his stop at St. Norbert, Lund was a defensive assistant for two seasons at Buffalo, where he was part of a coaching staff that led the Bulls, who play in the Football Bowl Subdivision, to the first MAC championship in the program's history. In 2008, the Bulls were first in the nation in fumbles recovered and seventh in takeaways.
Lund was the defensive coordinator at Carleton College from 2006-07 and also spent six years at Colby College and three at St. Anselm College.
A two-time participant in the NCAA Expert Coaching program, Lund was named to American Football Monthly's Hot List of up and coming coaches and also has experience as a strength and conditioning coach during his time at Colby. He played football and competed in track and field at Lawrence University, from which he graduated in 1997 with a degree in biology. At Lawrence, he played on both sides of the ball and started at center in his final two years. As a senior, he earned the college's most dedicated senior athlete award.
Neuberger comes to Morningside Heights after he spent the past two years as a graduate assistant coach at Maryland, which had a 9-4 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2010.
Working with the offensive line in 2010, Neuberger helped guide a Terrapin unit that averaged 32.2 points per game, which ranked 29th in the nation. Neuberger also served as a special teams assistant and scout team coordinator for defense and special teams. On special teams, Maryland produced the fourth-ranked punt return unit in the country, averaging nearly 17 yards per return.
Prior to his tenure at Maryland, Neuberger spent three years coaching at Dayton, his alma mater. During his time at Dayton, Neuberger coached tight ends and assisted with the offensive line. He helped develop Matt Champa, an Associated Press second team All-American tight end that was part of an offense that ranked fifth in the nation in passing and sixth in the nation in scoring in 2007.
Neuberger began his coaching career as a student assistant at Dayton, where he was the scout team coordinator for defense and special teams and a special teams assistant. He also was a strength and conditioning assistant coach while he finished his bachelor's degree in education in 2005.
Columbia begins the 2011 season at Fordham on Saturday, September 17 at 1 p.m.
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