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DAVE BORBELY
Dave Borbely is in his third
year as offensive line coach, as he
joined the Colorado staff on
February 15, 2002. He also
coaches the offensive field
goal/PAT unit on special teams.
Borbely, 45, came to CU with
an outstanding resume, topped
off by spending four seasons at
Notre Dame (1998-2001). In South
Bend, he coached the entire
offensive line in 1998 and 1999
and solely the guards and centers
in 2000 and 2001. While with the
Irish, he coached in two New
Year’s Day bowls (’99 Gator and
’01 Fiesta), as was on the same
staff in 1998 as the late CU co-defensive coordinator Tom
McMahon. His 2000 Notre Dame line, anchored by third-team All-
American Mike Gandy, helped pave the way for the Irish to average
213.5 yards rushing per game, 14th in the nation.
In his first year at Colorado (2002), the Buffs finished sixth in
the NCAA in rushing, largely due to an offensive line, minus two
NFL draft picks, melding together. He worked with a young line
with only one returning starter in 2003 and an offense that
switched gears from being predominantly a rushing team to a
passing unit, but set the group up well for the future.
Q&A WITH DAVE BORBELY
Who provided the greatest inspiration to you growing up? “My parents.”
Who was your favorite sports hero growing up? “Ernie Banks.”
What did you want to be when you were little? “A fireman.”
What made you decide to get into coaching? “I had a great passion for the
game of football as a player, and I couldn’t imagine anything else I wanted
to do other than coach.”
What do you personally get out of coaching? “I get a great sense of satisfaction
seeing a group of young men molded into one unit, achieving more
as a group than they ever could as individuals.”
Who would you really like to meet, or have met while they were alive?
“Mick Jagger.”
What is the most memorable sporting event you have ever attended or
been a part of? “I’ve coached in some great games and places, but it’s a
three-way tie: my son Joe’s first football game, my daughter Laura’s first gymnastics
practice, and my son Brian’s first hockey game.”
TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (3): Mike Gandy, Wayne
Lucier, Mike Rosenthal. All-Big 12 (2): Justin Bates, Lucier. All-SWC (1):
Courtney Hall. AP All-East (1): Dick Beck. All-Big East (2): Tre Johnson,
Brian Krulikowski. NFL Players/Draft Picks (11): Brad Bager, Bates,
Gandy, Hall, Johnson, Jim Jones, Lucier, James Parrish, Luke Petitgout,
Rosenthal, Jerry Wisne.
RECORD—He has coached in 208 games as a full-time collegiate assistant
coach, 232 including his time as a grad assistant at Tennessee. That
includes 26 at Colorado, with a record of 14-12. He has coached in seven
bowl games (two New Year’s Day).
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Offensive Line
He was set to coach the offensive line at Kansas in the spring
of 2002, but the CU position opened when Steve Marshall left the
Buffs a little over a month later to join the NFL expansion Houston
Texans. Gary Barnett made quick work to get him to Boulder.
A 1981 graduate of DePauw University, he earned his degree in
history while lettering four times in football, being named the
team’s top lineman twice. His first taste of coaching came at the
University of Evansville, where he worked two years (1981-82) as
a graduate assistant while earning his master’s degree in secondary
education.
He moved on to become the defensive line coach for the freshman
team at Penn in 1983 (a part-time position), and then worked
the next two seasons as a graduate assistant at Tennessee, with
both Volunteer teams going to bowl games (‘84 Sun and ’86
Sugar).
His first full-time coaching position followed at Rice University
in the fall of 1986, and it was the first of four successive three-year
stints at different programs around the country. He moved from
Rice to Temple in 1989, then to Tulane in 1992 and then to
Stanford in 1995 before settling at Notre Dame in 1998. Along the
entire way he coached the offensive line, and he was also a coach
of two Stanford teams that went to the postseason (’95 Liberty
and ’96 Sun bowls). No less than six of the players he has coached
have been drafted into the National Football League.
He was born April 5, 1959 in Hammond, Ind., and graduated
from Hammond (Ind.) High, where he lettered in football, baseball
and wrestling. He is married to the former Bev Beard, and they
have three children, Joseph (15), Laura (13) and Brian (11).