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Claeys Announces Quick Lane Bowl Staff Assignments

12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football

Dec. 7, 2015

University of Minnesota football coach Tracy Claeys announced the following appointments to his staff for the 2015 Quick Lane Bowl.

Tight end Coach Rob Reeves will serve as the offensive coordinator, while offensive quality control Nate Griffin will coach the tight ends. Offensive graduate assistant Trevor Olson and special teams quality control Jay Nunez will coach the offensive line and offensive graduate assistant Adam Weber will coach the quarterbacks.

Defensive backs coach Jay Sawvel will be Minnesota's defensive coordinator, while Dan O'Brien, who joined the staff on Nov. 30 as co-special teams coordinator, assistant defensive backs coach and assistant to the head coach, will make his Minnesota coaching debut in the Quick Lane Bowl.

Running backs coach Pat Poore will also begin working as co-special teams coordinator in the bowl.

Minnesota faces Central Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 28. The game will be played at Ford Field and is scheduled for a 4 p.m. CT kickoff and will be televised by ESPN2.

The Quick Lane Bowl will be the Gophers' 18th bowl game all-time and will also be the fourth-straight bowl game for Minnesota.
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