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1999 CONCORDIA ATHLETICS • CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF NCAA DIVISION II & NORTHERN SUN MEMBERSHIP 4 2009 mer of 2007. O F F E N S I V E A S S I S T A N T S GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL ryan WILLIAMS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ QUARTERBACKS Ryan Williams, a 2001 graduate of North Dakota State University, enters his fourth season as the offensive coordinator of the Golden Bears. Williams earned his degree from NDSU in speech communications and also had a minor in business. He completed his masters in organizational management at Concordia in the sum- His prior collegiate coaching experience was with Wisconsin-Stout in the 2003 season where he was the quarterbacks and receivers coach. He began his coaching career at the high school level at Wayzata where he coached the quarterbacks and receivers from 2001-03. During his college days, Williams was the starting quarterback for the Bison in 1999 and 2000 and was named co-captain for the 2000 season. He also interned with the Minnesota Vikings’ public relations department where he assisted in draft and mini-camp preparation and was responsible for updating player bios. As a player, Williams had two stints in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and played for the Sioux Falls Storm in the National Indoor Football League. Ryan and his wife, Aleasha live in St. Michael, Minn. derek BRANCH OFFENSIVE LINE Branch will enter his second year with the Golden Bears working with the offensive line. He came to CU after serving as a key assistant on the coaching staff at Hamline University for the previous two seasons (2005-06). Branch began his stint with the Pipers serving as an assistant coaching the defensive line for his first season. He was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2006 season where he implemented an offensive package. Branch received his bachelor of science degree in marketing and business education in 2004 from Wisconsin-Stout where he was an All-America honorable mention offensive lineman in 1999 and 2000. As he finished his degree, Branch began his coaching career at UW-Stout as a student assistant. He accepted a graduate assistant position with The University of South Dakota where he earned a master of arts degree in 2006 in health, physical education and recreation. jim MAUER RUNNING BACKS Mauer, the younger brother of head coach Mark Mauer, is a 1988 graduate of St. Paul Harding and played college football for St. Cloud State. He is a 1993 graduate of SCSU and played in the European League of American Football in 1994 and 1995. He will work with the wide receivers in his fifth season at CU. tim KLINGBEIL GRADUATE ASSISTANT/TIGHT ENDS Klingbeil is in his third season with the coaching staff after spending two seasons as a player for Concordia. While with the Golden Bears, Klingbeil excelled on the field and in the classroom, earning NSIC All-Academic honors. Prior to coming to Concordia, he played at Northwestern Bible College where he won two UMAC championships. He earned a double major in physical education and exercise science with a minor in coaching theory. Aside from leading the tight ends, Klingbeil will also work with the offensive tackles, serves as the team’s video coordinator and will assist with strength and conditioning. He is pursuing a masters degree in organizational management with a sports management emphasis at Concordia. coddy HARRIS WIDE RECEIVERS Harris was born and raised in Rockford, Ill. He is a 1988 graduate of West High School in Rockford where he was a standout wide receiver and defensive back. Harris earned his undergraduate degree in applied psychology with a minor human relations from St. Cloud State University in May of 1993. Furthermore, he earned his masters degree in social work from St. Thomas University in May of 2008. Harris is entering his first year at CU, working with the wide receivers. As a player, Harris began his college career at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa playing wide receiver for a JUCO national power, playing in the Junior College National Championship in 1988 and 1989. He continued his collegiate career at St. Cloud State, earning SCSU’s most valuable receiver award in 1991 and 1992. In addition, Harris finished his SCSU career as the third leading receiver in Husky history. Coddy resides in Brooklyn Park, Minn. with his wife, Johona, and their three children, Kaynen, Kiarra and Jocelyn. C U G O L D E N B E A R S . C O M / F O O T B A L L
D E F E N S I V E A S S I S T A N T S GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL • GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL oliver SOUKUP DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ LINEBACKERS Soukup begins his fourth season as defensive coordinator and his fifth year at Concordia. He also serves as the strength and conditioning coach for the athletic department. The “Dark Side's” 2005 season ranked among the one of the best defensively in school history. The Golden Bears had the sixth ranked run defense in the NCAA allowing 87.2 yards a game. The 2005 “Dark Side” unit also ranked 14th in the nation in total defense, allowing 284.4 yards per contest. Soukup has coached All- American defensive tackle Eric Power as well as the following All-NSIC players during his tenure as defensive coordinator: Travis Johansen, Doug Cox, Brandon Sullivan, Antonio Brown, Jordan Frain, Ben Schumacher, Rojeer Wright, Duy Huynh and Chuck Miesbauer. Soukup was hired in 2004 as the defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach. Prior to his days at CU, he was the defensive graduate assistant working with linebackers at New Mexico State University for two years. He also earned experience as a student assistant working with the defensive line at New Mexico State in 2002 and 2003, where he played collegiately from 1997 to 2000. While with the Aggies, Soukup was a four year letterman, team captain and an All-Big West Conference defensive tackle. He was originally a walk-on at New Mexico State in 1997, but earned a scholarship in the fall of 1998. He earned his degree from New Mexico State in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in family and child sciences. He attended Cloudcroft High School in Cloudcroft, N.M. where he was a four year letterman, two-time First Team All-State and was selected to the North-South All-Star Game. He graduated with honors in 1997. Oliver is the son of Donald and Jolie Soukup. His father was an All-American at Colorado College in 1957. a safety. russell GARY DEFENSIVE BACKS A 1977 graduate from Minneapolis Central, Russell Gary brings a wide range of experience to the Concordia program. He earned All-Big Eight and All-American honors under legendary Nebraska coach Tom Osborne. After graduating in 1981, he was drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints. There, he played all eight years of his career as Gary currently resides in and works for the city of Minneapolis. He will serve as the defensive backs coach for the Golden Bears in his fifth season. C U G O L D E N B E A R S . C O M / F O O T B A L L 1999 travis JOHANSEN SECONDARY Johansen enters his third year on the CU coaching staff, once again working with the secondary. In four seasons on the playing field for Concordia (2002-05), Johansen played in 44 games and finished his career with 221 tackles (113 solo, 108 assisted). He had 23.5 tackles for loss and five sacks in four seasons. He was named First Team All-NSIC in 2005 after recording 80 tackles (52 solo), 11.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. Johansen was also Second Team All-NSIC in 2004. He completed his undergraduate degree in kinesiology and sport management at Concordia in 2007. eric POWER DEFENSIVE LINE A 2005 All-American, Power joins the coaching staff ready to bring the ferocity back to the Golden Bear defensive line. Power was a standout defensive tackle for CU (02-06), racking up 43.5 tackles for loss while getting to the quarterback for 18 career sacks. His junior and senior seasons were on a different level as he recorded 15.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks as a junior and 16.5 tackles for loss with five sacks as a senior. The two-time All-NSIC First Teamer will coach the defensive line. fumble. vince ALMEDA DEFENSIVE LINE Almeda will join Power to coach the defensive line. Like Power, Almeda was a member of the 2003 and 2005 NSIC Championship squads. Although he did not see action on the 2003 team, Almeda was a force in 2005, posting 55 tackles, 7.0 for loss and 4.0 sacks. In his career, he played in 20 games, registering 55 tackles, 9.0 for loss and 5.5 sacks while forcing one 5 2009 CONCORDIA ATHLETICS • CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF NCAA DIVISION II & NORTHERN SUN MEMBERSHIP
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