NAU Football Special Teams Coordinator and Safeties Coach David Reeves will be entering his fifth season at NAU this fall. Recently NAU Football Blog sat down with Coach Reeves and mic’d him up at practice. Enjoy the video below and take a few minutes to get to know Coach David Reeves.
Also, Lumberjack Fans you can follow Coach Reeves on Twitter at @NAU_CoachReeves
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Coach Tim Plough has been added as the new wide receivers coach at Northern Arizona University. Coach Plough recently served as the quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator at UC Davis. Plough played and coached under current NAU offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello while at UC Davis. Plough played quarterback at UC Davis and quickly got into coaching as he worked his way up from a volunteer assistant, graduate assistant, then to a position coach when Scangarello left for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. Check out the video below and spend a few minutes getting to know Tim Plough.
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Coach Jimmy Beal is the running backs coach at Northern Arizona University. Coach Beal is starting his third season at NAU and came to NAU after having served as the running backs coach at Texas State, College of the Redlands, and Rocky Mountain College, where he also coached receivers. Coach Beal played collegiality at Montana State University and Rocky Mountain College for former Rocky Mountain Head Coach and current NAU Safeties/Special Teams Coach, David Reeves. Coach Beal is originally from Los Angeles, CA and recruits the Los Angeles, Inland Empire, and Northern Orange County High Schools for NAU. Coach Beal is the second youngest coach on the NAU coaching staff and can always be found around the field or offices with a smile on his face.
Earlier this week, Coach Beal agreed to wear a microphone for us out at practice. Watch the video below to get to know Coach Beal a little better.
Coach Beal’s entire coaching profile is here.
You can also follow him on twitter @KingJB01 or by clicking here.
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Former NAU, Denver Bronco, and Super Bowl Champion Quarterback Jeff Lewis is the new wide receivers coach at Northern Arizona University. Lewis, who is also a NAU Hall of Fame Member, had spent three seasons as an offensive assistant and wide receivers coach at Louisville before moving back to Arizona and coaching at Prescott High School.
To visit Jeff’s official bio page, please click here.
In the video below, Jeff discusses his playing days at NAU, his time with the Broncos and playing with John Elway and winning two Super Bowl Championships, his coaching history and philosophy, and what it is like being back at NAU. Take a few minutes to get to know Jeff Lewis.
NAU offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello is a new addition to the NAU Football staff. Scangarello brings his expertise of offense to NAU and Flagstaff from the University of Idaho, UC Davis, the Oakland Raiders and Millsaps College (MS – Div. III). Scangarello actually coached former NAU Offensive Coordinator Brian Lidngren when Lindgren played quarterback at Idaho. Scangarello is a native of Sacramento, California and having attended Sacramento State and coaching at UC Davis he is very familiar with the Big Sky Conference. To find out more about Rich watch the Inside NAU Football video below!
To check out Coach Scangarello’s bio on the NAU Athletics site click here!
In the following video Scangarello discusses his coaching lineage, offensive philosophy, how the offense will look in comparison to last year, his relationship with former NAU Offensive Coordinator Brian Lindgren, and his transition to Flagstaff.
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