The University of Minnesota will name Tim Brewster its head football coach at a press conference at 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY at the McNamara Alumni Center. Brewster spent the past two seasons as the tight ends coach with the Denver Broncos. The offer was extended late last night and accepted this morning at 7 a.m. Central. Click here to watch today's Press Conference.
Brewster has spent five seasons in the NFL including three seasons as the tight ends coach under Marty Schottenheimer in San Diego. Brewster, 46, served as San Diego's tight ends coach from 2002-04 and held additional responsibilities as the club's assistant head coach for the 2004 season. He oversaw the rapid development of Antonio Gates, who in 2004 earned first-team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press and a Pro Bowl selection after playing only his second year of football since high school.
Before joining the Chargers, Brewster enjoyed success at the University of Texas (1998-2001) and the University of North Carolina (1989-97), where he also coached special teams and was the Tar Heels' recruiting coordinator. North Carolina finished fourth in the country in the final USA Today/CNN Top 25 in 1997 following an 11-1 season. He worked on Head Coach Mack Brown's staffs at both schools.
He began his coaching career in 1986 at Purdue University, where he coached tight ends and offensive tackles as a graduate assistant. A former two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection at the University of Illinois, Brewster led the nation's tight ends in receiving in 1983 and captained the Illini to the 1984 Rose Bowl vs. UCLA. Brewster, who graduated from Illinois with a bachelor's degree in political science, played in the training camps of the New York Giants (1984) and Philadelphia Eagles (1985).
Brewster was born Oct. 13, 1960, in Phillipsburg, N.J. He and his wife, Cathleen, have three sons: Eric, Clint and Nolan.
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