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Former University of Louisville football standout
Greg Brohm begins his fourth season as the Director
of Football Operations with the Cardinals.
Brohm’s duties with the Cardinals are immense.
He handles all the day-to-day operations with the
team, coordinates travel, assists student-athletes with their daily activities and
acts as a liaison with the general public and the football program.
The former Cardinal wideout, comes to Louisville after serving one year as
President of the Louisville Fire in the Arena2 Football League.
While with the Fire, he was responsible for all the day-to-day football
operations, including corporate sales, marketing, and all personnel decisions. He
also served as the offensive coordinator on the coaching staff.
Prior to joining the Fire, Brohm served as an account manager for WHAS
Radio and Clear Channel Communications for nine years, where he developed
new clients, promotions and marketing plans. Brohm also served on the WHAS
broadcast team for Cardinal football nine seasons.
Brohm, who graduated from Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in 1993, was
a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Cardinals from 1988-92
under head coach Howard Schnellenberger.
He was a starter for the 1991 Fiesta Bowl championship team, catching 11
passes for 138 yards. For his career, Brohm caught 45 passes for 722 yards and
four scores. He was inducted into the Trinity High School Hall of Fame in 2006.
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GREG BROHM
DIRECTOR OF
FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
• Fourth Season
JASON VELTKAMP
DIR. OF
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
• Fourth Season
Jason Veltkamp begins his fourth season as the
head strength and conditioning coach for the
football staff at the University of Louisville. Over
the last three seasons he has been an instrumental
part of two conference championships and season
ending trips to the Liberty Bowl, Gator Bowl and Orange Bowl. In his time
with the Cardinals, fourteen players have been selected in the NFL draft.
Veltkamp came to the Derby City after serving as strength and conditioning
coach at the University of Utah from 1999-2004. After two years as
assistant director, he served as the director of strength and conditioning for
three seasons. During his time at Utah, Veltkamp saw the Utes football squad
win two Mountain West Conference championships and make three bowl
appearances including victories over USC in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl and
Southern Miss in the 2003 Liberty Bowl. In addition, the men’s basketball
team earned three conference titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament on
three occasions.
Veltkamp has overseen the collegiate physical development of three first
round draft picks in Amobe Okoye (DT-Texans), Jordan Gross (OT-Carolina),
Alex Smith (QB-San Francisco) and Andrew Bogut (C-Milwaukee—NBA).
Other notable professional players Veltkamp has worked with during his time at
UofL and Utah include Michael Doleac (Heat), Jason Spitz (Packers), Steve
Smith & Maake Kemoeatu (Panthers), Elvis Dumervil (Broncos), Michael Bush
(Raiders), Kolby Smith (Chiefs) and Kerry Rhodes (Jets).
A native of Bozeman, Mont., spent two years as a graduate assistant at
Utah State University, where he assisted with 14 varsity sports, including
football, basketball, volleyball and track. Prior to his brief stint at Utah State,
Veltkamp was the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Helena Ice
Pirates Junior “A” Hockey Club for the 1996-97 season and worked as a
student assistant & volunteer coach at Carroll College in ’95 & ‘96.
Veltkamp, a graduate of Carroll College was a four-year starter for the
Fighting Saints, where he played for Bob Petrino, Sr. Veltkamp was a two-time
All-Conference performer in 1993 and 1994, and was also a team captain of the
1994 team. He earned his master’s degree in exercise science from Utah State
in 1998 and is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
He is also a member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches
Association. Veltkamp and his wife Kristen have two sons, Caden (4 years old)
and Colton (1 year old).