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Assistant Coach Nelson Edmonds
Edmonds returns to Whitewater for a sixteenth year on the Warhawk
coaching staff, serving again as running backs coach as well as the special
teams coordinator. After graduating from Madison East High School,
Edmonds attended Northern Michigan University where he was an allconference
running back. Edmonds also works as an assistant director in
UW-Whitewater’s Academic Advising and Exploration Center. He spent the
2006-07 academic year in an advising position at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison.
Edmonds, with wife Amy, resides in Whitewater with two daughters, Alisendra and Matiana.
Assistant Coach Kevin Bullis
Kevin Bullis is entering his fourth season working with the Warhawk
defense. Prior to joining the Warhawk team, he served as the defensive
coordinator for UW-River Falls. Bullis was with UW-River Falls from 1995
through 2007, leading the Falcon defense to the top ranking in the WIAC in
1999. Before coaching at River Falls he was the defensive coordinator at
Gustavus Adolphus College for two seasons. He did his first tour of duty
with the Falcons from 1990-1993 serving as linebackers coach. During that
first stint Bullis coached four all-conference linebackers, two All-American
linebackers, and helped the Falcons achieve the number one defense in the WSUC in 1992.
Bullis graduated from the University of Minnesota-Morris with a bachelor’s degree in social
science and secondary education, then added a master’s in history from UW-River Falls. Bullis
and his wife Kathy have three children, Jake, JoJo, and Emme.
Assistant Coach Josh Gehring
Josh Gehring enters his second year as the quarterback coach and pass
game coordinator for the Warhawk football team.
As offensive coordinator, Gehring helped guide Morningside into the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs in 2007, 2008 and
2009. The Mustangs went from averaging 24 points per game to 36.1
(2007), to 48 (2008) and finally 45.1 (2009). Morningside averaged over
400 yards per game during his three years as the school's offensive
coordinator, with Morningside's quarterbacks completing more than 60% of their passes all
three seasons. After the 2009 season he was named the American Football Coaches
Association NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year.
Gehring's coaching career began as the tight ends coach at his alma mater, Ottawa University
(KS). That was followed by working as the quarterbacks coach at Rock Bridge High School
(MO). His resume includes stops as special teams coordinator and QB coach at Manchester
College (IN), tight end coach of Western Kentucky, run game coordinator at Missouri State
University, and defensive coordinator at Concordia University (IL).
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