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Northwestern Adds a Pair of Graduate Assistants to Staff
4/6/2017 10:58:00 AM | Football
EVANSTON, Ill. — Deonte Gibson and Erik Frazier, Jr., have joined the Northwestern Wildcats football staff as graduate assistant coaches, Dan & Susan Jones Family Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald announced Thursday.
The former Wildcat star Gibson joins the staff as a defensive graduate assistant focusing on the defensive line after spending last season with the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Gibson was a third-team All-Big Ten selection for the 'Cats in 2015 after registering nine sacks and finishing with a career-high 38 tackles on the year. He finished his career ranked seventh in program history with 15 sacks, while also tallying 84 tackles and 25 tackles for loss.
Gibson was a team captain of the 2015 squad that went 10-3 and earned an appearance in the 2016 Outback Bowl. A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Gibson earned a degree in communications studies and is pursuing a master's in integrated marketing communications.
Frazier joins Chicago's Big Ten Team on the offensive side of the ball working with the wide receivers after spending the last two seasons as the wide receivers coach at Dayton University where the Flyers posted a 19-4 record. A trio of Flyers finished with 500-plus yards receiving in Frazier's two seasons, including 2016 Honorable Mention All-PFL selection Jack Euritt.
Prior to Dayton, Frazier had a two-year coaching stint at Delaware Valley University. He coached wide receivers in 2014 and wide receivers and quarterbacks in 2015. DVU was 9-2 in both seasons, reaching the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2014 and winning the Centennial-MAC Bowl in 2015. In 2014, Frazier coached All-American, Rasheed Bailey, who is currently signed to a reserved/futures contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Frazier was an all-American himself at Kutztown University. As a senior, he was named a USA College Sports Division II All-American in 2011. That culminated a senior year that saw him named team captain and help Kutztown win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships. He was a two-time All-PSAC selection and a member of the school's Football leadership council as a junior and senior. The Philadelphia native earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Kutztown in 2011 and a master's in policy studies from Delaware Valley in 2016.
Northwestern will host a public practice at Ryan Field at 9:50 a.m., on Saturday, April 8, followed by a free youth clinic for players in grade-8-and-under. After a victory in the 2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl over No. 23 Pittsburgh, the Wildcats open the 2017 campaign on Saturday, September 2, when they welcome Nevada to Evanston.
The former Wildcat star Gibson joins the staff as a defensive graduate assistant focusing on the defensive line after spending last season with the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Gibson was a third-team All-Big Ten selection for the 'Cats in 2015 after registering nine sacks and finishing with a career-high 38 tackles on the year. He finished his career ranked seventh in program history with 15 sacks, while also tallying 84 tackles and 25 tackles for loss.
Gibson was a team captain of the 2015 squad that went 10-3 and earned an appearance in the 2016 Outback Bowl. A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Gibson earned a degree in communications studies and is pursuing a master's in integrated marketing communications.
Frazier joins Chicago's Big Ten Team on the offensive side of the ball working with the wide receivers after spending the last two seasons as the wide receivers coach at Dayton University where the Flyers posted a 19-4 record. A trio of Flyers finished with 500-plus yards receiving in Frazier's two seasons, including 2016 Honorable Mention All-PFL selection Jack Euritt.
Prior to Dayton, Frazier had a two-year coaching stint at Delaware Valley University. He coached wide receivers in 2014 and wide receivers and quarterbacks in 2015. DVU was 9-2 in both seasons, reaching the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2014 and winning the Centennial-MAC Bowl in 2015. In 2014, Frazier coached All-American, Rasheed Bailey, who is currently signed to a reserved/futures contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Frazier was an all-American himself at Kutztown University. As a senior, he was named a USA College Sports Division II All-American in 2011. That culminated a senior year that saw him named team captain and help Kutztown win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships. He was a two-time All-PSAC selection and a member of the school's Football leadership council as a junior and senior. The Philadelphia native earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Kutztown in 2011 and a master's in policy studies from Delaware Valley in 2016.
Northwestern will host a public practice at Ryan Field at 9:50 a.m., on Saturday, April 8, followed by a free youth clinic for players in grade-8-and-under. After a victory in the 2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl over No. 23 Pittsburgh, the Wildcats open the 2017 campaign on Saturday, September 2, when they welcome Nevada to Evanston.
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