FARGO - The modus operandi of hiring assistants has changed at North Dakota State. Head coach Craig Bohl officially introduced three coaches on Thursday who have no direct connection to Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
Wide receivers coach Kenni Burns was at Southern Illinois, defensive backs coach Brian Ward was the head coach at McPherson College (Kan.) and defensive tackles assistant Nick Goeser was at Minnesota-Duluth.
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Jeff would like to dispel the notion he was around when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, but he is on his third decade of reporting with Forum Communications. The son of a reporter and an English teacher, and the brother of a reporter, Jeff has worked at the Jamestown Sun, Bismarck Tribune and since 1990 The Forum, where he's covered North Dakota State athletics since 1995.
Jeff has covered all nine of NDSU's Division I FCS national football titles and has written three books: "Horns Up," "North Dakota Tough" and "Covid Kids." He is the radio host of "The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack" April through August.
